Cemex targets 35% alternative fuels substitution by 2015
Cemex has set a target of a 35% alternative fuel substitution rate in cement production by 2015, and is on track to make it happen.
Alternative fuels in cement production
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Balancing volatile behaviour Premium
Following on from last month’s Technical Forum about the impacts of alternative fuels and raw materials, Dr Michael Clark examines the effect on kiln emissions, using the mass b...
Lessons in wood burning Premium
Cemex is well known as an innovator in cement manufacture and its expertise in alternative fuel burning is particularly highly regarded. However, substituting some primary fuel ...
USA: Lafarge Bath plant applies to burn railroad ties and shingles
Three years after backing off on a plan to burn tyres at its cement plant in Bath, Lafarge is applying to introduce railway ties and asphalt shingles into its kiln. The “low-car...
Hima Cement’s alternative fuels initiative, Uganda
Uganda-based producer Hima Cement is looking to increase its use of coffee husks as an energy source for cement production. The East African reports that the company is to spend...
Taiheiyo Cement recycles waste into profits
Taiheiyo Cement Corp is boosting its bottom line in an efficient and ecological way by recycling industrial waste into materials for making cement.
Cemex nearer to alternative fuel permit, USA
Cemex is a step closer to using alternative fuels at Kiln No 2 of its Brooksville South plant with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reportedly poised to...
GCC tyre burning permit nearing approval, USA
A plan to burn tyres at GCC’s Rio Grande plant in Pueblo, Colorado, USA is nearing final approval. State air pollution regulators have issued a draft permit for GCC Rio Grande's...
Holcim Lanka’s alternative fuels option, Sri Lanka
Holcim Lanka Ltd is beginning to use agricultural waste to generate power in the cement manufacturing process. Speaking to the Daily News Business, Chairman of Holcim Lanka, Man...
RDF – stored and delivered Premium
When Cementos Molins Industrial of Spain needed a new RDF preparation, storage and transport facility, the cement producer turned to Vecoplan FuelTrack. The German firm put its ...