17 November 2022
KIMA Process Control to supply kiln cooling system for Cementa's Slite cement plant 17 November 2022
Sweden: Germany-based KIMA Process Control has secured a contract for the supply of a kiln shell cooling system for Cementa's Slite cement plant in Gotland. 88 water jets will deliver centimetre-precision cooling for the 55m-long kiln, while IR pyrometers measure temperatures over areas of 10cm2. According to KIMA Process Control, the equipment can avoid unnecessary cooling of the kiln shell, conserving the heat energy supplied by the main burner.
The new cooling system will eliminate the use of energy intensive electric fans, slashing 1700t/yr in CO2 emissions, according to the supplier. It said that noise emissions will also 'drastically' decline as a result of the upgrade. The system's operating costs are reportedly 98% less than those of the plant's existing fan system.
The supplier said that the new equipment will 'bring the cement plant in Slite an economic benefit in the shortest possible time.' It said "For the cement industry, this project represents a new milestone in terms of best available technology in the operation of rotary kilns."
Singaporean parliament enacts tightened carbon credit scheme 17 November 2022
Singapore: Parliament passed the Carbon Pricing (Amendment) Bill earlier in November 2022. Under the act, Singapore will raise the price of carbon credits to US$18.17/t from 2024, and to US$32.71/t from 2026. CNA News has reported that the government said that the new legislation will provide the basis for the realisation of carbon credit prices of over US$36.31/t by 2030, in line with the country's 2050 net zero CO2 emissions commitment.
Polluters which emit over 25,000t/yr of CO2 currently pay US$3.65/t for carbon credits.
Thailand: Siam Cement Group (SCG) recorded total national cement consumption growth of 6% year-on-year throughout the first nine months of 2022. The producer partly attributed the comparatively high figure to nationwide building site closures during the first nine months of 2021. In its management discussion and analysis of its third quarter 2022 results, the group noted commercial construction as the main driver of demand growth. Its cement consumption rose by 8% year-on-year, cement use by infrastructure projects grew by 6% and cement demand for residential projects rose by 5%.
Public construction supplies 40% of Thai domestic cement demand, with commercial and residential construction together accounting for the remaining 60%.
SCG previously reported that Thai cement demand had dropped by 5% year-on-year during the first half of 2022.
India: A court has dismissed Shraddha Binani's petition against summons by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs' Serious Fraud Investigation Office in its investigation of alleged related party transactions by the former Binani Cement. Mint News has reported that 'huge funds' from the company's related parties entered Binani's bank account, beginning in 2010.
Under corporate insolvency resolution proceedings, Binani Cement underwent acquisition by Aditya Birla subsidiary UltraTech Cement, becoming UltraTech Nathdwara Cement, in 2018.
Azerbaijan more than doubles 10-month cement production 17 November 2022
Azerbaijan: Azeri cement producers recorded 2.98Mt in total cement production volumes during the first 10 months of 2022. The figure represents growth by a factor of more than two from 1.46Mt in the corresponding period of 2021. As of 1 November 2022, producers had stores of 96,400t of cement in reserve.
During the same period, ready-mix concrete production also more than doubled to 1.15Mm3, while precast concrete elements production rose by 63% year-on-year to 40,800m3.