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A Lafarge plant near Tulsa, Oklahoma, is facing last minute resistance to the planned installation of a fuel quality waste (FQW) storage system. Tulsa city Councilman Roscoe Turner and environmental group LEAD (Local Environmental Action Demanded) have begun openly opposing the plant’s efforts. Lafarge desires to install a series of tanks to utilize forty-eight million gallons of [...] Residents of the Jordanian town of Qadisiyah are actively demonstrating against the Rashadiyeh cement factory, an affiliate of Lafarge, which plans to burn tires and oil shale to supplement its fossil fuel program. The villagers are concerned over the potential health and environmental concerns that the new fuel will pose. After demonstrating for an hour or so, [...] South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, was put on the radar of the cement industry as Cemex’s plant achieved production over a three day period using nothing but alternative fuels to fire the kilns. The fuel, known as Climafuel, is gathered locally from residential and commercial waste that would otherwise be sent to a landfill. In [...] The Indian cement industry faces a growing problem in the scarcity of coal to fire their kilns. Petitions to the government’s coal ministry go unanswered and demand far outweighs supply. Several companies are turning to alternative fuels for their power needs. Hari Mohan Bangur, a director of Shree Cement, said “As coal prices are rising, there [...] As part of its aggressive emissions reduction goals, Lafarge’s plant in Bath, Ontario, Canada, began research and testing of new biomass fuels for its kiln in the middle of 2008. Lafarge partnered with Performance Plants, Inc. to develop a string of seeds that are heat and drought resistant and that can grow on otherwise unproductive farmland. [...] The Japanese have been trying to implement a method of converting refuse organic waste into usable fuel for some time now, but have encountered formidable barriers in their path. Their refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is produced from raw garbage, an adhesive, and lime in pellet form. However, the heat output of the RDF is very low compared [...] |
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