Ciments d'Obourg enfourne/
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Substitution fuel (solid and liquid waste) now accounts for 34% of the energy used to operate the furnaces at Ciments d'Obourg, compared to 4% ten years before, the Belgian cement group reveals as part of its 1997 report on environment. In the beginning of July 1998, the group is to charge dredging sludge into its furnaces as part of a test operation. These sludges, which will generate silica and alumina, still contain some 30% in water though they have been stored for nearly 20 years. The process will implement a new crushing and drying machine for solid fuel which is able to process raw materials and fuel with up to 55% in water content and 30% in volatil content. Ciments d'Obourg pumped BFr 600mn into the equipment.
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Solid and liquid wastes now account for 34% of energy used to operate furnaces at this co, compared to 4% 10 yrs before
Publication Name: Echo (Belgium)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0776-409X
Year: 1998
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Ciments d'Obourg all ge ses structures de production
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Ciments d'Obourg, the Belgian cement producer controlled by Holderbank, is to cut 110 jobs out of a 550-strong workforce. Faced with reduced sales and increased competition from imported cement, Ciments d'Obourg plans to drastically cut its operating costs with the aim of saving BFr 250mn on pay-load every year. Between 1994 and 1997, Ciments d'Obourg reported a 9.5% drop in sales and a 8% drop in cement output. Over this period, turnover dropped by BFr 639mn and operating profit shows a BFr 900mn drop.
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Is to cut 110 jobs out of a 550-strong workforce
Publication Name: Echo (Belgium)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0776-409X
Year: 1998
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Ciments d'Obourg valorise des encombrants
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Ciments d'Obourg has pumped BFr 80mn to install the Mid-Kiln process in the furnaces of a cement production plant in the region of Mons, Belgium. The Belgian cement group burns the bulky refuse from a crushing plant in the neighborhood. The crushing plant represented an investment of BFr 150mn fully supported by ISPH, the association of towns and cities in the Mons area, worth 200,000 inhabitants. ISPH is in charge of collecting and removing the waste and bulky refuse in the region.
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Is installing Mid-Kiln process worth BFr 80 mil in furnaces of its cement production plant in the region of Mons, Belgium
Publication Name: Echo (Belgium)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0776-409X
Year: 1998
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