Fuel

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Holcim contracts YPF as fuel supplier

Holcim contracts YPF as fuel supplier

YPF signed an agreement to supply natural gas and petcoke to Holcim’s plants in Malagueño (Córdoba), Campana (Buenos Aires province), Capdeville (Mendoza) and Puesto Viejo (Juju...

Siguaney prepares to restart production

Siguaney prepares to restart production

After a one-and-a-half year stop, repair at the Siguaney cement plant in Cuba is set to resume. New refractory bricks have arrived at the port of Mariel, Cuba, and the Siguaney ...

Efficient grinding meets reduced CO2 emissions

Efficient grinding meets reduced CO2 emissions Premium

While cement plants have made sound progress in terms of reducing CO 2 emissions from fuel consumption, progress relating to such emissions from electricity consumption has been...

Keystone Cement to switch to natural gas

Keystone Cement to switch to natural gas

USA-based Keystone Cement has announced that its application for a US$320,950 state grant to extend a natural gas line to its plant in East Allen Township, Pennsylvania, has bee...

Decarbonisation quick wins

Decarbonisation quick wins Premium

Different world regions present different challenges to the cement industry. While in the fast-growing economies of Asia and Africa building capacity and security of supply are ...

Lafarge Hungary announces plant investment

Lafarge Hungary announces plant investment

Lafarge Cement Hungary has announced that it will invest HUF2bn (US$6.99m) for upgrades at its plant in Királyegyháza, southwest Hungary, by the first half of next year. The inv...

Key risks to near-term oil price

Key risks to near-term oil price

Global oil demand is growing at its weakest rate since 2012 while global oil supply disruptions continue to be at their highest levels in almost 30 years, according to Bank of A...

Vietnam's cement industry assists coal demand

Vietnam's cement industry assists coal demand

Vietnam’s cement industry has helped drive an increase in coal sales during the first 11 months of 2018. The country’s Coal and Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) has ex...