N+P strikes major Portuguese SRF deal
N+P has signed a five-year contract for the supply of solid recovered fuels (SRF) into a number of cement plants owned by the Portuguese cement companies Secil and Cimpor. The c...
Alternative fuels in cement production
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PPC signs waste tyre agreement
PPC has signed an agreement to source waste tyres from the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) for use at its De Hoek cement factory, South Af...
Cementos Argos to fire Rioclaro kiln with tyres
Colombia’s Cementos Argos will be using tyres to fire its Rioclaro kiln with the option to extend the programme to its other plants. In Colombia, 110,000t, or 7m, of waste tyres...
In search of stabilisation
After reaching a peak in 2011, Moroccan cement demand has weakened and since 2012 initiated a slowdown that has continued through 2014. Mohamed Chaïbi, president of the Associat...
Michigan DEQ grants Lafarge new fuel approval, USA
State officials have approved a request from Lafarge to burn asphalt shingles and plastics at its plant near Alpena, Michigan, USA. The state’s Department of Environmental Quali...
Ethiopia’s fuel diversification Premium
Dr Clark takes part in a one-day cement industry workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The workshop was arranged by the Ethiopian Society of Chemical Engineers and attracted an att...
Alternative fuel projects Premium
Dr Clark is inspired to consider alternative fuel project assessment and methodology following the paper presented by Brian McGrath of ResourceCo at the Cemtech Asia 2014 confer...
Semen Indonesia recognised for renewable energy efforts
Semen Indonesia has won an award from the country's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in recognition of its renewable energy efforts. PT Semen Indonesia group companies, inc...
New alternative fuel for Lafarge Canada BC cement plant
Lafarge Canada Inc and Van Houtte Coffee Services Inc are teaming up to replace a portion of Lafarge's fossil fuels energy at the Kamloops, British Columbia (BC) cement plant wi...
Kenya's waste tyre drive Premium
On behalf of the German Ministry for Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is currently supporting the Kenyan...