Cement News tagged under: environment
Yamama filter conversion13 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsScheuch is stretching its capabilities to provide cement producers with more efficient dedusting filter systems. Its new 10m Energy Minimising Concept (EMC) filters and PulseMaster control device are designed to offer low-pressure/low-volume cleaning of production gases. With easy maintenance and fast installation the system is proving a hit. By Ruggero Baldi and Alois Hermandinger, Scheuch GmbH, Austria. The new bypass filter at Yamama Saudi Cement Co in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia In... |
Oman Cement line upgrade12 February 2013, Published under Cement NewsOman Cement Company (OCC) has a significant and influential place in the sultanate. The company operates a cement plant close to the capital Muscat, with two 2000tpd dry-process clinker lines and one 4500tpd dry-process kiln. It has recently embarked upon a project to improve environmental performance of Line No 1 and enlisted the services of SEPEC of China, with results proving to exceed expectations. By Ni Weidong, Sino Environment Engineering, China. OCC signed the contract for Lin... |
Lafarge Cauldon leads21 January 2013, Published under Cement NewsClose cooperation with its waste-derived fuel (WDF) provider, Sapphire Recovery, has enabled Lafarge’s Cauldon Works to avoid extensive modifications to its precalciner system to successfully incorporate WDFs in its production process. ICR speaks with Andy Woodcock, manager at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works, about the plant’s efforts in the fields of WDF and sustainability. Waste-derived fuels at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works, UK The introduction of WDF at Lafarge’s Cauldon Works included ex... |
In the zone with ozone21 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsThis September marked 25 years since the Montreal Protocol to save the ozone layer was signed by nations around the world. In Indonesia, Geocycle also celebrated a milestone in May this year, marking five years of operations at its Ozone Depleting Substances treatment unit – the first such facility in Southeast Asia. Vincent Aloysius of Holcim Indonesia tracks its progress. Holcim’s Narogong plant in West Java is the centre of Indonesia’s first ozone-depleting substance destruction fa... |
Raising global AFR usage03 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement is building its resourceful waste management programme and extending its reach to more distant destinations as the value of alternative fuels in the cement industry becomes more widespread. The challenge of establishing co-processing in developing and emerging markets is fraught with problems but the global cement major is successfully achieving its goals in this area. Jan Theulen of HeidelbergCement details the group’s global co-processing strategy. Recyfuel: resourc... |
Suez Cement to invest US$40m in environmental upgrade and fuel adjustments22 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement is planning to invest around US$40m over the next couple of years to enhance environmental performance at its plants as well as switching partly to coal and refuse, according to Alborsa newspaper. Suez Cement managing director Bruno Carre said that the company is considering a number of investment opportunities in the Egyptian market in light of recent political and economic developments. In 2012, the company invested around EGP300m while total investments by the parent co... |
NCP opposes new Samba cement plant19 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Indian Nacionalist Congress Party (NCP) has strongly criticised the decision of the Jammu and Kashmir government for a new cement plant in Samba district, saying that the project acquired agricultural land. "We oppose the decision of state government to acquire agricultural land to set up a cement plant in Samba," NCP state chief Randhir Singh told reporters. "This will play havoc with the health of people and have an adverse impact on the environment. …The water bodies, soil, crops, ... |
UltraTech's sustainable journey14 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsHarmonising economic goals with the development of employees, vendors and the communities in which it operates, is in the DNA of Aditya Birla Group (ABG), where the concept of trusteeship is deeply rooted. UltraTech Cement Ltd, part of the Aditya Birla Group, added one more dimension to the trusteeship concept when it formally began its sustainability journey. By OP Puranmalka, UltraTech Cement Ltd, India. Rainwater harvesting at the mines of Vikram cement works, India In 2006, ... |
Pakistan: the road ahead24 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsWith a low per capita domestic demand, plenty of potential for infrastructure development, post-flood reconstruction and export opportunities, Pakistan’s cement sector appears on track towards a better future. By Galadari Cement, Pakistan. The thriving city of Lahore, Pakistan Bordering Afghanistan, India and China, Pakistan holds a very strategic geographical location. Home to more than 180m people, the country also has close linkages with the Arab world. Its economy rank... |
Steady dust removal22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIn May 2012, construction work started on a new filter-type electrostatic precipitator (ESF) at Taiheiyo Cement Corp’s Fujiwara cement plant in Japan. The latest upgrade would improve the work’s environmental performance due to its superior dust collection efficiency compared to conventional electrostatic precipitators (ESPs). Suitable for treating higher-temperature gas, the ESF was commissioned in June and has been steadily operating since. Taiheiyo Engineering Corporation, Japan, takes us... |