CEMEX has confirmed that it is implementing hydrogen technology at its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís in the Dominican Republic. The project is part of the “Future in Action” program, which seeks to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Currently, the use of CEMEX’s hydrogen technology includes injection into furnaces to optimize the combustion process and thus increase the…
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Lehigh Hanson Plant Receives Funding for Carbon Capture Project
Lehigh Hanson Inc. has received approximately $3.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) to conduct a front-end engineering design (FEED) study retrofitting Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc. (MHIA’s) carbon capture technology at its new state-of-the-art cement plant in Mitchell, Ind. The company is also contributing about $1.1 million…
Read MoreHolcim El Salvador Makes Industry 4.0 Reality
With the opening of the state-of-the-art Maya cement plant, Holcim El Salvador is putting the group’s “Plants of Tomorrow” initiative into practice.
Read MoreFire Breaks Out at Holcim Whitehall Plant
A fire broke out on April 12 at the alternative fuels system in the Holcim US Whitehall cement plant in Whitehall Township, Pa., reported local media. Firefighters aided by a fire suppression system quickly brought the fire under control.
Read MoreReport from Brazil
The Cement Industry In Brazil Expects Flat Growth In 2022, Higher Inflation. By Mauro Nogarin According to the new statistical bulletin published by the Central Bank of Brazil, the economy in 2022 will be marked by difficulties due to lower incomes, and the market expects a growth of close to 0.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). On the other…
Read MoreTexas County, Cities to Retain Attorneys in Cement Plant Fight
Grayson County, Texas, commissioners and Sherman and Dorchester officials have hired attorneys in an attempt to stop a proposed cement plant from being built, reported the HeraldDemocrat.
Read MoreTaking Total Control
Virtual Server Solution In Plant Control System Upgrade At Cementos Argos Cartagena. By Mark S. Kuhar When Cementos Argos decided to upgrade the control system at its Cartagena cement plant in Colombia, they started on an unexpected journey. A journey that would end with the implementation of a virtualized high-availability automation system to host a number of FLSmidth’s software products…
Read MoreCEMEX Ventures Invests in Carbon Clean
CEMEX Ventures, CEMEX’s corporate venture capital and open innovation unit, is the newest investor of Carbon Clean. The carbon capture tech company recently raised $8 million from CEMEX Ventures and its existing investors, bringing total capital raised in the last year to $30 million.
Read MoreCEMEX USA Plant Recognized by PCA
CEMEX’s Victorville, Calif., cement plant earned the 2021 Chairman’s Safety Performance Award from the Portland Cement Association (PCA) for outstanding safety performance in the manufacturing of portland cement.
Read MoreA Sustainable Cement Industry
Sustainable Development Will Rely On Sustainable Concrete, Which Makes The Cement Industry Both Part Of The Problem And Part Of The Solution. By Jonathan Rowland
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