Alternative fuels in cement production
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Challenges and opportunities Premium
With limited fossil fuel reserves suitable for cement production, India is seeking to increase its use of alternative fuels. In this undertaking, the country faces significant a...
McInnis Cement and ACF - St Elzear sign biomass agreement
McInnis Cement and the Forestry Cooperative Association- St Elzear (ACF- St Elzear ) have signed a cooperative agreement to study the feasibility of using forest biomass as an a...
Philippines: Pasig City launches new RDF facility
The Pasig City government on Wednesday inaugurated a new refuse-derived fuel facility (RDF) which will supply alternative fuels to local cement plants including those of Lafarge...
Recalled Nestlé 'Maggi' noodles reused as alternative fuel at five Indian cement plants
Some 27,420t, of Nestlé's Maggi noodles has been recalled in India and is now being used as an alternative fuel at five Indian cement plants. Nestlé said that the recall process...
Paraguay: INC expects to use up 20% biofuel
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) announced that subject to satisfactory analysis results, the cement producer will be including biofuel in its fuel mix. A series ...
Lafarge Industrial Ecology signs two agreements to manage RDF platforms in Egypt
Lafarge Industrial Ecology (ECOCEM) has signed two major contracts to manage and operate existing refuse-derived fuel (RDF) platforms in Suez and Qalyubeya, Egypt. In an effort ...
Canadian commitments Premium
As this year’s IEEE-IAS/PCA Technical Cement Industry Conference heads to Toronto, Canada, ICR speaks with Michael McSweeney, president and CEO of the Cement Association of Cana...
Shanks secures six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement
Industry waste-to-product business, Shanks Group plc, has secured a six-year contract extension with HeidelbergCement Group for the supply of ICOPOWER® energy pellets. Under the...
Egypt: ACC to boost alternative fuels usage
Egypt-based Arabian Cement Co (ACC) is seeking to utilise alternative energy to increase its capacity utilisation rate to 100 per cent, the company’s CEO Jose Maria Magrina told...