Eagle Materials will modernise and expand its Laramie, Wyoming cement plant, increasing its capacity by 50% to approximately 1.2Mt/yr. The expansion includes a new cement distribution facility in northern Colorado. This project aims to cut manufacturing costs by about 25%, generated by the replacement of traditional fuels with lower cost alternative fuels and natural gas,
Arturas Zaremba, the head of Akmenes Cementas, has warned that government proposals to increase the import tax on coal in 2024 and the abolition of subsidies for the fuel will affect the company. The country’s parliament is also proposing scaling the import tax based on a CO2 scale, according to the Baltic Business Daily newspaper. Zaremba
Berthold Bussieweke, Thorwesten Vent, walks through constructional explosion protection in grinding and storage plants processing coal, alternative fuels, and other explosive media. Every week, various media outlets publish reports on fires and explosions in pellet, sawdust, and coal storage facilities, as well at their corresponding grinding plants. Whenever a dusty atmosphere is generated and there
Max Tschurtschenthaler, ABB, and Joonas Rauramo, Coolbrook, discuss how a pioneering project aimed at replacing fossil fuels with renewable electricity has the potential to slash carbon emissions from cement production and help meet customer demand for CO2-free products. The global cement sector, like so many other energy-intensive industries that produce materials vital to modern