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Lafarge North America’s Paulding plant achieves 99% alternative fuel substitution
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
24 February 2022
US: Lafarge North America has reported that its Paulding, Ohio, plant achieved 99% alternative fuel (AF) substitution in its cement production, up from 95% in past years. The operator said that the fuel change saved 205,000t of CO2 emissions in 2021.
Holcim Philippines co-processes around 200,000t of waste as alternative fuel in 2021
Written by Global CemFuels staff
23 February 2022
Philippines: Holcim Philippines says that its waste management partner Geocycle processed 200,000t of biomass and industrial and municipal waste into alternative fuels (AF) and raw materials for use in its cement production in 2021.Global Cement previously reported that Holcim Philippines co-processed 100,000t of AF in 2020. The company is targeting 70% AF substitution in all of its cement production.
Boral invests in chlorine bypass technology at Berrima cement plant
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
21 February 2022
Australia: Boral plans to install chlorine bypass technology at its Berrima cement plant in New South Wales. The Illawara Mercury newspaper has reported that the installation will help the plant to double its alternative fuel (AF) substitution rate to 100%. This is one of the ways in which the producer aims to reduce its Scope One and Two emissions by 46% between 2020 and 2030.
Vicem But Son Cement eliminates 133,000t/yr of CO2 emissions with alternative fuels
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
10 February 2022
Vietnam: Vicem But Son Cement has reported that it now substitutes between 20% and 30% of its fuel with alternative fuel (AF). Viet Nam News has reported that company says that it eliminated 133,000t of CO2 emissions through AF co-processing in 2021. It has used sewage sludge and industrial waste as sources of AF since September 2019.
Geminor processes 3% less refuse-derived fuel and solid recovered fuel in 2021
Written by Global Cemfuels staff
01 February 2022
Norway: Geminor processed 67% of waste that it handled in 2021 into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF). The company said that the figure represents a 3% decline from 2020 levels. It handled a total of 1.73Mt of waste in nine European countries in 2021.
CEO Kjetil Vikingstad said “The Covid year 2021 has been another challenging year for the European waste industry in terms of volumes, logistics, transport and varying market mechanisms. The RDF market, in particular, has differed with lower volumes in circulation due to reduced exports from countries such as the UK and Finland. At the same time, other countries - such as Poland, Denmark, and Italy - have experienced growth, which has helped obtain a balance in the market.”
