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Holcim Argentina's capacity expenditure investments to total US$40m in 2022
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
08 July 2022
Argentina: Holcim Argentina says that it will invest US$40m in capital expenditure in 2022. It plans to invest US$15m in its cement and concrete operations and US$15m in its subsidiary Geocycle's three waste management plants, which supply alternative fuel (AF) for its cement production. Of the remainder, US$5m will go towards the construction of a new dry mortars plant in Córdoba, which the company plans to inaugurate in December 2022.
In 2021, Geocycle processed 140,000t of waste into AF and raw materials for cement production.
Zement- und Kalkwerke Otterbein to increase biomass substitution to 100%
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
01 July 2022
Germany: Zement- und Kalkwerke Otterbein plans to invest Euro10m in upgrades to its Otterbein cement plant to increase the sustainability of cement production there. The new equipment will include a hot gas filter SCR catalytic converter system. The producer says that this will install the facility as one of the lowest-CO2 cement plants in the world. Local press has reported that, after commissioning the new system, the company plans to increase its approved substitution of biomass as fuel to 100% from 60%.
South Korean partnership develops better alternative fuels
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
30 June 2022
South Korea: Sampyo Cement, the Korea Cement Association, LG Chem, Hyundai Rotem and the Korea Engineers Alliance have partnered to tackle the issue of chlorine dust from alternative fuels (AFs). AJU News has reported that LG Chem will develop a product to prevent chlorine dust from attaching to the insides of cement kilns. It will thereby also develop a domestic source of potassium chloride, for use in the production of potassium hydroxide and potassium carbonate. Hyundai Rotem will supply chlorine dust treatment facilities for the project.
Fauji Cement eliminates 8030t of CO2 emissions in 2022 financial year through AF subsititution
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
20 June 2022
Pakistan: Fauji Cement says that it eliminated 8030t of CO2 emissions across its three cement plants through alternative fuel (AF) substitution in its 2022 financial year. The figure constituted 3.8% of a total 215,000t of emissions saved in the year by the company’s on-going sustainability initiatives.
Peterburgcement to increase Slantsy cement plant’s efficiency through alternative fuels upgrade
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
17 June 2022
Russia: Eurocement says that its subsidiary Peterburgcement’s Slantsy cement plant in Leningrad Oblast is undergoing an upgrade in order to co-process 100,000t/yr of alternative fuel (AF) in its cement production. The group claims that the upgrade will improve the efficiency of the 1.9Mt/yr plant and reduce its consumption of natural gas by 25%. The purported cost of the upgrade is US$1.77m.
Eurocement previously implemented the same technology at another of its cement plants in the Republic of Mordovia.