Global CemFuels News

Italy: Geminor began exporting refuse-derived fuel (RDF) by freight train from its RDF-processing plant in Naples to Aalborg Portland Cement’s 2.1Mt/yr Rørdal integrated cement plant in October 2019. Geminor Germany and Italy Country Manager Andreas Hefler stated that the conveyance of 10,000t/yr of RDF in trainloads of 400t, though not significantly time-saving, represented an efficient and sustainable alternative to shipping and trailers. “We hope that others in the waste industry follow suit in transporting by electric train,” said Hefler.

Germany: Vecoplan will present the Vecoplan Infinity (VIZ), a universal material primary shredder specialised in shredding plastics with flexible cutting geometry, at K 2019, the plastics and rubber industry fair, in Düsseldorf. The VIZ is capable of shredding a range of plastic materials for further processing into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for cement plants.

UK: Waste processing specialist Re-Gen Waste has invested Euro5.78m in expanding its 80,000t/yr capacity refuse-derived fuel (RDF) processing plant on the Carnbane industrial estate in County Down. Irish News has reported that the expansion will create 30 new positions when the facility, which processes municipal solid and unrecyclable household waste into substitute fuel for cement kilns, becomes fully functional in November 2019. Managing director Joseph Doherty emphasised the importance of the project in bringing the UK closer to the responsible treatment of its 27Mt/yr mixed domestic refuse output “as a resource with a home in our economy.”

UAE: Emirates RDF, a joint venture of Besix, TG Eco Holding and Finland-based Griffin Refineries, has started construction of a US$36m waste-to-fuel processing facility near Umm Al Quwain. The plant will process municipal solid waste into 0.3Mt/yr of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for use by cement plants in the Umm Al Quwain emirate.

Germany: Bilfinger, the civil and industrial construction specialist, is working with the American-based PRTI, whose thermal decomposition technology processes tyres into fuel. The aim of the partnership is to align PRTI’s tyre processors with Dutch safety and environmental standards, making them useable for waste processors and cement companies anywhere in the European Union.