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Spain: Members of the Andalusian Cement Producers’ Association (AFCA) have renewed their commitment to sustainable development with the signing of the VI Agreement for Energy Recovery. All six cement producers, including LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and Cemex, which operate in Andalusia submitted to the agreement, which entails a commitment to using refuse-derived fuels (RDF) at a higher rate than the minimum established by Spanish law.

Jamaica: Caribbean Cement plans to invest in co-processing tyres as part of a US$9m spend on capital projects in 2019. More details on the project will be disclosed later in July 2019 when a memorandum of understanding is signed with the government, according to the Gleaner newspaper. The subsidiary of Mexico’s Cemex has already spent US$0.5m on handling tyres.

UK: Fairport Engineering is working on an alternative fuels storage and feed system for Cemex’s Rugby cement plant. This project underwent feasibility studies in 2018 and 2019. It is now seeking planning permission and final capital sanction. Once obtained the project execution is likely to take place during a future scheduled kiln shutdown period.

Fairport Engineering has worked on various projects at the Rugby plant since 1998. At this time it supported the installation of a new Polysius kiln with the supply of an associated combined raw materials store. Later it worked on the design and management of a new filter installation in 2006 to support tighter emissions regulations associated with alternative fuels such as a tyre chip and refuse-derived fuel (RDF).

Spain: Cemex has signed a Euro117m deal with the local government to convert the land used by the Gádor cement plant in Almeria for use by new projects. These will include projects in solar and wind power generation, waste fuel production from plastics and biomass and a new concrete batching plant, according to Teleprensa. The initiative is intended to create around 400 jobs.

The cement producer has also signed a similar agreement for its Lloseta in Baleares. The company announced in mid-October 2018 that it was planning to close the two plants due to reduced demand for cement and mounting European CO₂ emissions regulations.

Dominican Republic: Alejandro Ramirez, the president of Cemex Dominicana, has welcomed the approval of a new waste management law, including support for the co-processing of alternative fuels. Earlier in 2018 a bill on solid waste management was introduced to the government that promoted co-processing solid waste and implementing a selective tax on products that create it.

UK/Europe: Cemex’s South Ferriby cement plant is participating in the European Union (EU) supported enhanced energy and resource efficiency and performance in process industry operations via onsite and cross-sectorial symbiosis (EPOS) project. Designed to enable cross-sector industrial working, the project highlights case studies exemplifying ways for companies to use wastes from other industries to deliver greater efficiency, save raw materials, and contribute to more sustainable processes.

The South Ferriby plant has worked with other companies, including the INEOS chemical company, to determine how waste from INEOS’s production could be used as part of the cement manufacturing process. In addition Cemex Poland and Cemex Research Group in Switzerland will also represent Cemex in the project.

“It is a privilege for Cemex’s cement plant in South Ferriby to participate in this project, collaborating with other companies and partners across Europe. This helps to ensure that we operate our cement plant as efficiently as possible, while learning lessons that we can apply to our other facilities,” said Kevin Groombridge, South Ferriby Cement Plant Environment Manager.

Mexico: Miguel Angel Mancera, the mayor of Mexico City, has inaugurated the second phase of Iztapalapa II municipal solid waste (MSW) plant. The site will process 400t/day of MSW. Once processed the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) will be used by Cemex for co-processing in its cement plant kilns.

UK: International recycling and waste management company Suez opened a new solid recovered fuels (SRF) plant in Rugby, UK on 18 September 2015. It will supply the Cemex Rugby cement plant with SRF for the next 25 years.

Suez's SRF plant will convert waste from across Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and the wider Midlands area into Climafuel®. Suez will supply Cemex with 240,000t/yr of Climafuel; 200,000t/yr from its SRF plant in Rugby and 40,000t/yr from its SRF plant in Birmingham.

The Rugby SRF plant was built as part of a 25-year deal between Suez and Cemex that was signed in 2012. Suez leased land opposite Cemex Rugby from Cemex in 2013 and construction of the Euro25m SRF facility began in 2014. The commissioning of the equipment took place earlier in 2015.

The SRF facility can process up to 300,000t/yr of waste. Around 70% of the input material comes from businesses in the region, while the remaining 30% is household waste, much of it originating from Northamptonshire County Council. The majority of the waste would otherwise be destined for landfill, but the SRF process enables Suez to extract recyclable materials, which, processed any other way, would be too contaminated to viably recycle.

"We are very pleased to officially open the Rugby SRF facility and formally mark the start of this long-term partnership between Suez and Cemex," said Jean-Marc Boursier, senior executive vice president of Suez in charge of the recycling and waste recovery division for Europe. "Suez is investing considerably in infrastructure to produce sustainable industrial fuels in the UK. The group now supplies 1.1Mt/yr of SRF worldwide. This solution gives us the ability to extract recyclable materials that would otherwise have been lost. It provides Cemex with a sustainable, long-term alternative to fossil fuels. This inauguration is a symbol of our commitment to the production of renewable energy fuels. Energy derived from SRF offers numerous advantages, because it is renewable, transportable, abundant and economically attractive."