Category: Ingles

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. This wide application can be attributed to factors such as the ability to handle varied loads, with large variations in particle size. The rotary kiln is a slightly inclined steel cylinder resting on supports (support rollers) with an inner liner; it is equipped with a rotary motor that induces a turning motion. This type of …

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 industries to the carbon emissions trading system (ETS) by the end of 2024. The ministry announced that with this initiative, greenhouse gases covered by the trade will grow to about 60 percent of China’s total …

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, when two out of three people will live in cities or other urban centers. To meet this demand for housing …

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 approvals for its complementary cementitious material from agencies in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Serge Smith, Ash Grove’s president, commented that the acquisition of this company aligns perfectly with Ash Grove’s long-term growth …

The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) comprises eight companies that operate 16 cement manufacturing plants across Canada: 1 whiteand 15 Portland grey cement. These companies produce 98% of the cement that is manufactured for the country. The cement production is concentrated in central Canada. Ontario has 50% and Quebec 17% of the industry’s capacity. . The CAC has a partnership with the United States-based Portland Cement Association (PCA) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …