The final manufacturing process for cement has numerous steps. Raw-meal is grounded into a fine powder and burned in the kiln. The blending is done in silos. The raw-meal is continuously circulated ...

For every 1,000 kilograms of cement the world produces, 600 kilograms of carbon dioxide are dumped into the atmosphere. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, consider that last year the world made about 4 ...

Grass-roots activists are claiming victory after Texas Industries announced that it will close all four of its wet-process cement kilns in Midlothian permanently. TXI made the announcement in a ...

AT least 14,000 tonnes of contaminated pork and bacon will be rendered before being destroyed in a cement kiln in the Midlands. While householders have been told to dispose of pork products in the ...

This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture power plant in DeKalb, Miss. Carbon capture entails catching the carbon emissions from a power plant or cement or ...

TXI's older kilns have been idle since late 2008, a response to a downturn in demand for cement. TXI will permanently shut down its four oldest, highest-polluting cement kilns in Midlothian and will ...

CEMENT FACTORIES in Pakistan had been using ‘furnace oil’ or ‘natural gas’ as the fuel except those pre-independent plants which used coal in the beginning. During past one year we find a dramatic ...