Major independent limestone producer dedicates 3,000-panel solar farm
Sources: Rogers Group Inc., Nashville; CMCM staff
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National Cement tames CO2 emissions, doubles mill capacity
Executives of National Cement Company of Alabama Inc., parent National Cement Company Inc., and ultimate parent Vicat Group, Paris, staged a late-July dedication of a new production line at their Ragland, Ala. plant. A Kiln 2 ribbon cutting capped a two-year, $300 million project that brings annual Ragland capacity above Read more…
DOE funds Heliogen’s cement pre-calcinating heat demonstration
Sources: U.S. Department of Energy; CP staff The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Pasadena, Calif.-based Heliogen $4.1 million to demonstrate a concentrated solar power (CSP) process for heating limestone to 950°C, applicable to the calcining phase in portland cement production. CSP technologies deploy mirrors to beam sunlight onto a Read more…