At the company’s Hot Disc plant located in the Suez region, Arabian Cement has custom-built the latest addition to its alternative fuel processing machinery.
The company has announced that the new equipment permits the plant to rely entirely on coal and alternative fuel to run operations. The development also allows the plant to control its kilns using alternative fuel materials directly without the need to pre-treat them.
Arabian Cement currently relies on a fuel mix of 70% coal and 30% alternative fuels.
Operational results were good for the Egyptian company, which increased capacity utilisation and sales volumes in the January – March quarter, but net profits fell due to higher costs.
Arabian Cement Company earned net profit of US$16.3 million in the first quarter, as reported in its first earnings announcement since being listed on the stock exchange.