Lafarge Canada Inc.'s Brookfield, Nova Scotia cement plant, a subsidiary of Lafarge North America, announced that it will begin to develop a new type of blended cement that is expected to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 76,000 tonnes by 2015.
Lafarge will reduce emissions at its Brookfield plant by decreasing the usage rate of clinker, an essential intermediate product in the cement manufacturing process, by over 20 per cent and replace it with alternate materials of equal performance.
"Blended cement is not a new idea, but the fact that the quality of this cement is equivalent to our normal product is revolutionary," said Scarth MacDonnell, Plant Manager of the Lafarge Brookfield Plant. "This project delivers considerable CO2 emission reductions that are substantial and near-term, and it also stands to affect industry standards and markets across Canada."
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Cement and Concrete