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Untha creates subsidiary in Turkey
Written by Global CemFuels staff
20 July 2022
Turkey: Austria-based Untha has started a new subsidiary in Istanbul called Untha Türkiye. The shredder manufacturer said that it had sold a number of machines to Turkish operators, particularly in the waste to energy market. However, it has responded to demand from customers for local support.
Taner Topcu will manage the new subsidiary with support from Yusa Özbek as the service and aftersales manager. Untha’s head of global sales, Peter Streinik, and chief financial officer, Andrea Gratzer, have also joined as directors.
Cemex and VeryNile partner to expand Nile waste collection
Written by Global CemFuels staff
15 July 2022
Egypt: Cemex has signed a three-year cooperation protocol with VeryNile. Local press has reported that VeryNile is in the process of expanding its waste collection capacity. Through the partnership, the cement producer will provide finance for VeryNile's waste collection equipment purchases and cover its operating costs.
Holcim Argentina's capacity expenditure investments to total US$40m in 2022
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
08 July 2022
Argentina: Holcim Argentina says that it will invest US$40m in capital expenditure in 2022. It plans to invest US$15m in its cement and concrete operations and US$15m in its subsidiary Geocycle's three waste management plants, which supply alternative fuel (AF) for its cement production. Of the remainder, US$5m will go towards the construction of a new dry mortars plant in Córdoba, which the company plans to inaugurate in December 2022.
In 2021, Geocycle processed 140,000t of waste into AF and raw materials for cement production.
Zement- und Kalkwerke Otterbein to increase biomass substitution to 100%
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
01 July 2022
Germany: Zement- und Kalkwerke Otterbein plans to invest Euro10m in upgrades to its Otterbein cement plant to increase the sustainability of cement production there. The new equipment will include a hot gas filter SCR catalytic converter system. The producer says that this will install the facility as one of the lowest-CO2 cement plants in the world. Local press has reported that, after commissioning the new system, the company plans to increase its approved substitution of biomass as fuel to 100% from 60%.
South Korean partnership develops better alternative fuels
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
30 June 2022
South Korea: Sampyo Cement, the Korea Cement Association, LG Chem, Hyundai Rotem and the Korea Engineers Alliance have partnered to tackle the issue of chlorine dust from alternative fuels (AFs). AJU News has reported that LG Chem will develop a product to prevent chlorine dust from attaching to the insides of cement kilns. It will thereby also develop a domestic source of potassium chloride, for use in the production of potassium hydroxide and potassium carbonate. Hyundai Rotem will supply chlorine dust treatment facilities for the project.