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| Lafarge opens new alternate solid fuels facility in Sugar Creek Lafarge, the largest supplier of cement products in the U.S. and Canada, has officially opened a new state-of-the-art alternate solid fuels facility in Sugar Creek, MO. Representing a $7-million investment, the 22,000-square-foot facility is designed to process industrial byproduct materials from manufacturing firms throughout the region into fuel required for production operations at the Lafarge Sugar Creek Cement Plant. Using this alternate solid fuel not only will meet 40% of the plant's total energy requirements but it will reduce the plant's reliance on fossil fuels (i.e., coal) by 50,000 tons annually, which is equivalent to removing 6,629 passenger cars from the roadways or providing electricity to 3,931 households each year. It also diverts 50,000 tons of locally generated industrial byproduct materials from landfills each year. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |