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UAE: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Arkan have agreed to test using spent smelter pot inner lining as a fuel in the cement producer’s kilns. EGA will provide between 1000 – 3000t of the pot lining to test as both fuel to fire the kiln and as refractory material to be incorporated in the finished cement produced at Arkan’s Al Ain plant, according to the National newspaper.

EGA produces about 37,000t/yr of pot lining and has already been testing the waste at other cement plants. The aluminium producer is jointly-owned by the Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and the Investment Corporation of Dubai.

UAE: Arkan Cement is set to sign a US$32m deal to set up a waste-to-power unit for its Al Ain plant. Martti Malmivirta, the chairman of Arabian Finnish Waste Refining (ARAFIN) that is partnering with Arkan Cement on the project, told the National newspaper that the 1000t/day unit will be the first in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. A joint venture will be set up between Arkan and Arafin, which itself is a joint venture between Eera Waste Refining of Finland and Daud Group of Oman. The new fuel stream will substitute use of natural gas at the plant.