Arabian Cement’s new alternative fuel processing machinery at Egyptian Hot Disc plant

Egyptian company Arabian Cement has commissioned the latest addition to its alternative fuel processing machinery at its Hot Disc plant located in the Suez governorate. The equipment is said to allow Arabian Cement’s plant to rely completely on coal and alternative fuel to run its operations. It also enables the plant to operate its kilns using alternative fuel materials directly without the need to pre-treat them, it added. “Use of alternative fuel is expected to result in reducing emissions by appro
June 30, 2015 Read time: 2 mins

Egyptian company 4450 Arabian Cement Company has commissioned the latest addition to its alternative fuel processing machinery at its Hot Disc plant located in the Suez governorate.

The equipment is said to allow Arabian Cement’s plant to rely completely on coal and alternative fuel to run its operations. It also enables the plant to operate its kilns using alternative fuel materials directly without the need to pre-treat them, it added.

“Use of alternative fuel is expected to result in reducing emissions by approximately 60,000 tonnes of CO2 per year on average,” the company said in a press statement.

Arabian Cement depends on a designed fuel mix of 70% coal and 30% alternative fuels, which comprises a mixture of agricultural wastes, municipal sludge, and RDF.

Established in 1997, Arabian Cement operates under the ‘Al Mussallah’ brand. The company produces 5 million tonnes of first quality cement, roughly 10% of Egypt’s cement production.

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