Displaying items by tag: Taiwan Cement Corporation
Taiwan Cement to burn solid waste at Ho-Ping plant
13 June 2019Taiwan: Taiwan Cement plans to spend at least US$19m on building waste gasifiers at its Ho-Ping cement plant in Hualien County. The unit will be used to burn solid municipal waste, according to the Taipei Times newspaper. The Hualien City government awarded the tender to the cement producer in May 2019. Taiwan Cement intends to build the unit by 2022 whilst it gathers the necessary operating permits. However, Taiwan Cement faced opposition at a public meeting on the project in June 2019. It defended the plans saying that its Guigang plant in Guangxi Province, China burns 0.33Mt/yr of solid waste.
Taiwan Cement to invest in Chinese waste fuels market
26 January 2018China/Taiwan: Taiwan Cement plans to invest in the Chinese waste recycling market by bidding on projects with local company Beijing Orient. TCC International, a subsidiary of Taiwan Cement, is to select one of its plants in China as the pilot site for the cement kiln project, according to the Taipei Times. The company has set a long-term capacity target of processing 10Mt/yr of waste that is expected to generate over US$688m of profit. At present its plant in Guizhou has an input capacity of 200t/day.