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PPC to boost alternative fuels plans in South Africa
19 December 2017South Africa: PPC plans to expand its alternative fuel programme as part of a cost saving drive. The producer plans to start using refuse derived fuel (RDF) at its De Hoek cement plant in the Western Cape, according to the Pretoria News newspaper. This will follow the current use of tyres as a fuel at the unit. RDF will be sourced from Cape Town, Drakenstein and Swartland. Savings are expected to be realised from the change in fuel mix by mid-2019.
PPC added that it didn’t expect any disruption to its supply of waste tyres at De Hoek caused from the shutdown of the government’s Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA). Chief executive officer (CEO) Johan Claassen said that the company had anticipated the closure and built up supplies of tyres at the plant and at a site at Vissershok.
Interwaste launches first refuse-derived fuel plant in South Africa
18 February 2016South Africa: Interwaste has launched the first refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plant in South Africa, according to local media. It is expected to take a minimum feedstock of 12,000t/yr. The production line was imported in 2015 and it is based at the company’s Germiston depot. It is the first of four intended RDF lines. It is currently producing a solid recovered fuel to European specified standards.
“Interwaste continually invests in innovative solutions that have the most environmentally sound waste management opportunity at its core, solutions that make us market leaders and place us in a favourable position within the competitive waste management environment.,” said Allan Willcocks, CEO at Interwaste.