The Road Runs Through Carbon Capture Powered by Integrated Electrification, Automation and Digital Systems By Devan Pillay Cement is one of the hardest industries in the world to decarbonize, accounting for nearly 8% of global CO₂ emissions. Around 60% of these emissions come from the calcination of limestone itself, rather than from burning fuel. Efficiency, alternative fuels and electrification can…
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A Brooklyn, N.Y.-based startup is conferring with cement producers on prospective demonstration of a process capturing and storing carbon dioxide from plant emissions. Vycarb has pioneered a novel approach to permanently sequester CO₂ from industrial source points in proximity to rivers or water flows reaching ocean outfalls. A reactor at the heart of the Vycarb process uses naturally occurring calcium-…
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Capacity, Materials and Carbon Costs Are Converging on North America’s Cement Industry, Making the Case for Disruption. The Question Is Whether an Incremental Response Is Enough.By Jonathan Rowland
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The cement industry is responsible for approximately 8% of total global CO2 emissions annually. This is largely due to high temperature processing of limestone as the main raw material in the production of clinker. Clay, typically shale, can also account for approximately 10% of the raw material used in cement production, providing important chemical compounds necessary for producing high-quality clinker.…
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Argos Cementos Installs A New Plant To Accelerate The Reduction of CO2 Emissions. By Mauro Nogarin
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National Cement Company of California Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations have entered a cooperative agreement under which the agency commits up to $500 million for the Lebec Net Zero (LNZ) project at the producer’s operation north of Los Angeles.
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By Mauro Nogarin Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru are the Latin American countries that have seen the most investments in technology and equipment to reduce CO2 emissions in the cement industry. Some cement companies continue to replace fossil fuels, while others have chosen to replace the kilns of their current infrastructures. However, companies that produce their own raw materials in…
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According to Cement Products Latin American correspondent Mauro Nogarin, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru are the Latin American countries that invested the most in technology and equipment to reduce CO2 emissions in the cement industry.
Read MoreWhile recycling aluminum greatly enhances the sustainability of products in aerospace, automotive, beverage can, and other markets, black dross and salt cake waste byproducts of the recycling process cause an environmental challenge especially when stored in landfills, according to a report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As the domestic aluminum recycling industry grows at a rapid pace due to…
Read MoreNestled In Limestone-Rich Indiana, A New Flagship Plant Leaves No Doubt That Heidelberg Materials North America Is All In On Negating Carbon Dioxide Emissions. By Don Marsh On a scale of new clinker capacity – and environmental metrics tuned to carbon-minded market and regulator sentiments – no North American and few cement plants globally will match Heidelberg Materials’ rebuilt Mitchell,…
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