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¿What is Rotary Kiln?

The rotary kiln is used in many solid processes, including drying, incineration, heating, cooling, humidification, calcining and reduction, and has many applications in different industries, such as cement manufacturing …

China prepares for the cement industry to join the ETS market

Currently, emissions trading in China is restricted to the energy sector only, but the country is set to open up this carbon market to the cement, steel and aluminum industries. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment wants to add more high-emission …

How cement and concrete companies can contribute to a nature-positive economy

Currently, the demand for infrastructure is expected to continue rising based on the population growth and the continuous shift of populations to urban areas. Projections indicate that the global urbanization rate will reach 68% by 2050 …

Ash Grove Cement acquires Geofortis

US cement company Ash Grove Cement has acquired Geofortis LLC. Geofortis operates a raw natural pozzolan grinding and classification line and a nearby deposit in Toole, Utah. Since production began in 2021, Geofortis has obtained …

The Canadian Cement Industry

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) comprises eight companies that operate 16 cement manufacturing plants across Canada: 1 whiteand 15 Portland grey cement …

Canada and UAE are commited to decarbonise cement and concrete industries

The governments of Canada and the United Arab Emirates UAE have set out a plan to decarbonise the global cement and concrete industries. All of this as part of the Priority Actions which have been developed in collaboration by the countries participating …

Reducing false air contributes to reducing the carbon footprint

In the current energy crisis and considering the accelerated increase in the cost of energy and other materials, it has become very important to search for strategies and methodologies that help operations and equipment to be more efficient in the use of energy and in adopting …

The path to achieving net zero emissions in the cement industry with CCUS

Cement is an essential component for our economic and social development as it is a vital component of concrete, water will be the second ingredient used commonly. Nowadays, cement is used for the construction of homes, hospitals, schools …

Carbon tax revenue reallocated to new kiln at St. Marys

The Canadian federal government announced $2.2 million in funding to the cement company St. Marys Cement Inc. to install a new cement kiln infrastructure that will use lower carbon fuels, including discarded plastics. vThis grant is a reallocation of funds through a revenue return program called the Decarbonization Incentive Program …

Heidelberg Materials is targeting biogenic CO2 capture and storage

This week, Heidelberg Materials announced that their carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at their Slite plant in Sweden has gone through the first phase with the project feasibility study and is ready for the next stage …