use of coal in egyptian cement industry

New petition challenges use of coal in Egyptian factories

An Egyptian grassroots campaign challenging a recent government decision allowing the use of coal in power generation has launched a protest petition as health concerns mount over the use of the highly polluting fuel. Grappling with a growing energy crunch, Egypt's cabinet gave the go-ahead early in April for the use of coal in the energy-intensive cement industry after months of uncertainty ...

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Cement factories in Egypt to operate with natural gas ...

RIYADH: Cement companies in Egypt are seeking to return to operating with natural gas fuels instead of coal, after nearly seven years of the government's decision to compel companies to use a ...

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Egypt 2019 thermal coal imports rise 31% on cement sector ...

The dramatic increase in thermal coal imports in Egypt, which has a larger cement sector than any country in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), was explained by market participants to be driven mainly by the cement industry and was most definitely "construction related." "Egypt mainly uses coal in the cement sector," a European-based analyst said.

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Geopolymer Concrete, Egyptian Pyramids, and a New Way ...

Imagine how we could revolutionize today's concrete masonry industry by re-discovering the Egyptian's formula. Low cost, sustainable, resilient, and highly durable masonry could be produced nearly everywhere on the planet from materials sourced locally, all without ultra-high embodied energy binders like Portland cement.

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Environmental impact assessment of the Egyptian cement ...

Egypt in 2015 announced the alteration of the fuels used in cement plants without the least regard to minimizing the environmental burden (EB) excesses. This study conducts a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of Egyptian cement-manufacturing unit, which is considered as the first one on LCA cement analysis to be conducted in Egypt. This study investigates the LCA of the cement industry in Egypt ...

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Coal Use in Cement Factories, Egypt | EJAtlas

Suez Cement from Egypt. Lafarge from France - In Egypt, Lafarge was the first to adopt the coal policy, and had imported coal for use in its plants even before the cabinet's approval of the practice (7, 9). Arabian Cement from Egypt - By November, 2014, it had started a gradual switch, and had imported 700,000 tonnes of coal from South Africa ...

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Egypt's cabinet approves use of coal for power generation ...

Egypt's cabinet on Wednesday approved the use of coal for power generation after a fierce debate within the government over whether the highly pollutant fuel should be permitted for use …

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When to use green hydrogen instead of coal in the cement ...

2 "It's time to use green hydrogen as energy in the cement and steel industry instead of coal. We need to tackle added value by running a metal industry where mining products use green hydrogen as energy. We need to protect the environment. At the same time, we will increase production.

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Coal - Cement industry news from Global Cement

Egypt: An independent local coalition called Egyptians Against Coal (EAC) aims to advocate excluding coal use from Egypt's energy and cement industry by 2017 due to its 'hazardous environmental threats,' according to a statement from the group released on 10 November 2015. In mid-September 2015, the Ministry of Environment approved studies made by seven cement factories to use coal …

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Egypt's cement industry overcomes energy challenge with coal

The company began testing coal use at its Kattameya plant in September 2014. Two other major players in the industry have already taken significant strides in transitioning to coal. Arabian Cement was estimated to have imported close to 1m tonnes of coal from markets such as South Africa, Spain and Ukraine in 2014. Lafarge Cement, the French ...

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Environmental impact assessment of the Egyptian cement ...

veying the most common types of cement used in the construction industry in Egypt. Meanwhile, SimaPro soft-ware has been used to assess the environmental impacts, and three different cement plants were selected for this study: an Egyptian cement plant (ECP) which uses elec-tricity, natural gas, and diesel as energy sources; a Swiss

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Egypt's battle around coal - Features - Egypt - Ahram Online

The cement industry consumes nine percent of the total amount of produced natural gas in Egypt, coming in third place after the electricity and fertiliser sectors.

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In post-revolution Egypt, a fierce fight over coal imports

The study estimated that using coal in the cement industry would come with a $3.9 billion annual health bill, and that one coal-fired power plant would raise this figure to $5.9 billion on a ...

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Alternative fuels and renewable energy in the cement ...

Such announcements, accompanied by fuel shortages and stoppages, have forced the Egyptian cement industry to begin developing its use of renewable energies, such as wind and photovoltaic energy ...

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Unlocking Value : Alternative Fuels for Egypt's Cement ...

Based on the assessment of the energy situation in Egypt, the cement industry's thermal energy needs, and the current use of AFR, a realistic energy mix scenario will be developed. This will also involve a comparison of the energetic (calorific) value of the various energy sources, potential volumes available, and the cost structure.

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Cement factories in Egypt to operate with natural gas ...

RIYADH: Cement companies in Egypt are seeking to return to operating with natural gas fuels instead of coal, after nearly seven years of the government's decision to compel companies to use a mixture of fuels from coal and waste, Head of Industrials Sector at the Arab African International Securities Company, Rehan Hamza, said.

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Opinion:The Cement Industry in Egypt - EgyptToday

In a developing, highly populated country like Egypt, the construction & construction material industry accounts for a large share of the Egyptian Economy, estimated to be 5.9% of the overall economy. The cement industry accounts for 1% of the Egyptian GDP, and almost 10% of the Egyptian manufacturing GDP. The industry directly employees around ...

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Filth And Loathing In Cairo, As Egypt Turns To Coal

The area boasts dozens of facilities, including a cement factory currently being converted to run on coal. Apriori1/Apriori1. A preliminary study by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency seen by BuzzFeed estimated that once Egypt's cement factories begin using coal, the cost to Egypt's health industry would be roughly $3.2 billion per year.

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Coal: the poor's disaster & the rich's wealth - Egyptian ...

The use of coal is one of the most important issues that have recently been controversial. Despite the existence of several caveats concerning the use of coal in power generation or in cement factories due to its environmental damage – as carbon dioxide emissions from coal is 5 times its emission from natural gas – the government turned a blind eye on its use under the pressure of last ...

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Egypt's cement industry prepares for the move to solid ...

More than 50 interested customers from the region came to be well informed on coal grinding and also in general about the future of the Egyptian cement industry as regards the fuel supply and logistics by the German and Austrian experts present.

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Coal - Alternative fuels for cement and lime industry news ...

Egypt's cabinet announced new rules on coal use in April 2015, which stipulate that coal imports can only take place after approval from the ministry of environment. The new rules are an amendment to a law on environmental affairs and allow the use of coal for cement, iron and steel, coke and aluminium production and in power plants.

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Coal Use in Cement Factories, Egypt | EJAtlas

(1) Court hears session in case against coal imports [click to view] (7) Egyptian cement companies start coal use [click to view] (9) The coal war [click to view] Egypt's cement firms overcome gas shortages by importing coal [click to view] (8) Alwafd - Egyptians Agains Coal…

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Environment - Cement Industry Division in Egypt - …

The use of coal in cement plants & the environment . The use of coal and alternative energy became an urgent necessity in the cement sector, especially considering the energy crisis between 2011 & 2013, and rising fuel and energy prices. Municipal Waste and the Cement Industry. The cement industry has the capability of using waste materials as ...

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Low-Carbon Roadmap for the Egyptian Cement Industry

Low-Carbon Roadmap for the Egyptian Cement Industry | 3 Up until 2014, the Egyptian cement industry principally used state-subsidised natural gas and heavy fuel oil to fire their kilns. Due to the gradual phasing out of the subsidies and the scarcity of these fuels domestically, using natural gas and heavy fuel is no longer

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‎The New Amendments to the Implementing Regulations of the ...

1 ‎ ‎In Egypt, a study conducted by the Ministry of the Environment last year estimated health toll of using coal in the cement industry alone by 3.9 billion USD annually, and that of one power plant by 5.9 billion USD annually. 2 Studies also maintained that the actual cost of the use of coal – if we add the toll on health – could ...

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Has Egypt's cement sector turned the corner?

Most Egyptian cement plants (16 out of 18) still use coal as part of their operations and have had to pass the cost on to customers, with coal hitting a 13-year high at US$170/t in August. Producers have been able to pass on some of these costs as cement …

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Guest post: EBRD justification for supporting coal in ...

Initially the main consideration was importing coal to fuel the cement industry, with the second phase to shift electrical power stations to coal use too. As far as we could see however, the initial decision was going to focus on the cement industry. See …

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Cement Industry - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Dilip Kumar, Deepak Kumar, in Sustainable Management of Coal Preparation, 2018. 9.2 Cement Industry. In the cement industry, coal quality is very important as it affects both the quality of the cement and the operation of the plant.The Indian cement industry uses coal because of its abundant availability and shortage of oil and natural gas. Today the Indian cement industry has to use coal of ...

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The cement industry switches to coal to recover lost ...

The energy for the furnaces, natural gas, used to be supplied to cement manufacturers in Egypt at a rate of $2 per million British thermal units (mBtu). Post-revolution prices crept up to, first, $3/mBtu, then $4/mBtu and finally at the beginning of 2013 to $6/mBtu. Yet another issue with natural gas was the perpetual threat to supply.

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Egypt's cement plants switch to coal • Aggregate Research ...

Lafarge Cement Egypt, which has one cement plant in Egypt, has already converted it to coal and has applied for a permit to import coal, a spokeswoman said. Suez Cement, which has five cement factories, began testing coal use at its Kattameya plant, located in Cairo, in September and will begin testing at its Suez plant by year-end, the company ...

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Environmental activists aim to eliminate use of coal ...

Independent local coalition Egyptians Against Coal aim to advocate excluding coal use from Egypt's energy industry by 2017 due to its hazardous environmental threats, the …

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Egyptian cement industry carbon emission reduction ...

The Egyptian cement industry could reduce its CO2 emissions by 2030 by following new recommendations in a report from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.. These recommendations have been published in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's report: Policy roadmap for a Low-Carbon Egyptian Cement Industry which highlights the need for …

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Utilization of Biomass as an Alternative Fuel in Cement ...

The energy intensive industries in Egypt consume 51% of the local energy generated. Cement represents 59% of such share. The cement, refractories and …

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Industry Demands Solution to Egypt's Gas-Coal Problem ...

The Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) issued a report last summer strongly condemning "the move to use coal as a source of energy in the cement industry" and to consider "alternatives at hand, in order to overcome energy problems without causing health and environmental degradation."

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Coal in the cement industry

The main fuel used for firing preheater cyclone and rotary kiln is coal. Therefore, coal plays an important role in the manufacturing process of cement. Based on the composition of raw feed a wide range of coal is used. In a cement plant two systems of coal firing are used…

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