Egypt: A study led by the Ministry of Industry says that the substation rate of alternative fuels used by cement plants is set to increase to 30% by 2025. At present the co-processing rate is 6.4%, according to the Daily News Egypt newspaper. The Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade Tarek Kabil added that he expects that the total coal consumption in cement plants will reach 9.7Mt/yr by 2025. Increased use of alternative fuels is also expected to save the industry US$50m/yr by 2025.
The study was carried out by the Ministry of Industry, International Finance Corporation, the Ministry of Environment and the Cement Division of the Building Materials Chamber at the Federation of Egyptian Industries. It used a sample of 14 cement plants in the country that represents three quarters of the operational plants in the market.
