Colombia: Cementos Argos will process 2.5m tyres at its Bogotá plant
Following an agreement with the local government of Bogotá, Colombian cement manufacturer Cementos Argos will recycle 2.5m used car tyres to fuel its cement production.
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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...
Burning tyres in the desert Premium
As part of its alternative fuels programme, Holcim México’s Hermosillo plant feeds tyre chips into its precalciner. To effectively carry out the procedure, the cement producer u...
The lifecycle of a tyre Premium
The use of alternative fuels and raw materials is common practice in the European cement industry. In this excerpt from MVW Lechtenberg & Partner’s Alternative Fuels & Raw Mater...