Displaying items by tag: Substitution rate

Japan: Aso Cement aims to raise its alternative fuels substitution rate to 50% by 2020 from its current rate of around 30%, according to comments made by its Tagawa plant manager Kenji Kawauchi to Jiji Press. The cement producer operates a unit capable of disposing of 160t/day of waste plastic at its Tagawa plant in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Poland: Gorazdze Cement intends to cut costs partly by increasing its usage of alternative fuels, according to its CEO Ernest Jelito. As the Polish cement producer is currently operating at a 60 – 70% capacity utilisation rate it has no plans to increase its capacity. Gorazdze Cement has a thermal substitution rate of around 50% at present and it intends to raise this to 70 – 80%.