Algeria: Groupe des Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) has started testing processing waste-derived fuels at its Meftah cement plant. The pilot project will handle waste fuels and sewage sludge, according to the Algeria Press Service. Testing started in October 2017 and it will continue until 2021 before the plant starts to use alternative fuels commercially. The company also hopes to spread the use of alternative fuels to other cement plants in the country following the pilot stage. The plant is operated by Société des ciments de la Mitidja (SCMI-Meftah), a subsidiary of GICA.
