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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Burning agri-waste can save energy in cement manufacturing


Holcim Lanka Ltd has started using agricultural waste to generate power in the cement manufacturing process.

Chairman of Holcim Lanka, Manilal Fernando, "This initiative has helped the company to reduce production cost by almost 30%," he said.

The company is using rice husks, straw, agricultural waste and other waste materials to generate power. 

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

A stone for CO2: useful for cement industry


Iceland is experimenting with pumping carbon dioxide underground and converting it into rock

Researchers are now pumping CO2 underground in a process that will convert the greenhouse gas into rock. This technique may be a model for other power plants and cement plants to control their emissions, creating a climate change solution literally set in stone.

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