UAE: Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Arkan have agreed to test using spent smelter pot inner lining as a fuel in the cement producer’s kilns. EGA will provide between 1000 – 3000t of the pot lining to test as both fuel to fire the kiln and as refractory material to be incorporated in the finished cement produced at Arkan’s Al Ain plant, according to the National newspaper.
EGA produces about 37,000t/yr of pot lining and has already been testing the waste at other cement plants. The aluminium producer is jointly-owned by the Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi and the Investment Corporation of Dubai.
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