The February 2020 issue of Global Cement Magazine has a strong fuels and pyro-processing focus to tie in with the Global CemFuels Conference in Paphos, Cyprus. Topics include alternatives for coal, RDF handling, refractory installation, coolers and explosion protection. There's also a report from alternative fuels handling expert Di Matteo Group on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary.
Elsewhere we look at the key challenges cement producers will face in the 2020s, chains, dust control and the use of plant visits as a PR tool. Our regional reports take in Germany and the Levant, including Cyprus. There's also a plant report from Vassiliko Cement, to be visited by Global CemFuels' delegates as part of the main conference.
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Angus Maclean from consulting firm Proudfoot gives his take on the cement sector’s opportunities and risks of the 2020s...
Coal may be on its way out of cement kilns - but is the perfect renewable substitute just around the corner?
The history of the Di Matteo Group now spans half a century. The bulk material handling specialist celebrated its success story with all 250 of its employees at the end of 2019, providing an ideal time to take a look back and reflect on the company’s founding, development and current activities as a major player in the alternative fuels sector.
Cementos del Norte SA (CENOSA), active on Honduras’ north coast since 1958, is no stranger to the co-processing of waste to produce alternative fuels. In fact, as part of the company’s goal to become the most sustainable cement business in central America, the firm has produced refuse-derived fuels (RDF) since 2007. As demand for landfill diversion strategies has increased throughout Honduras, so too has interest in CENOSA’s alternative fuel production capabilities. This has now prompted a major investment in a new state-of-the-art facility to help transform the country’s resource agenda...
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