Cement & Minerals - Overview
Mineral mining and processing is a large sector that includes many different products, each with different extraction and production activities. In metallic mineral processing, the ore is mined from an open pit or underground mine and then crushed, ground and dried and there are greenhouse gas emissions of varying quantities at each step. Non-metallic mineral processing follows a similar path to extract limestone, gypsum, salt, sand, etc. Within this sub-sector, TurboGreen focuses primarily on the cement industry, which is the most emissions intensive, mostly due to the energy required by the kiln during clinker production as seen below. The other 10 % is generated from energy use associated with raw material preparation and clinker grinding as seen below.
There are over 100 projects being considered by the United Nations to better use energy in cement production, and the average energy efficiency cement project in the pipeline as of September, 2007 was projected to provide over 100,000 Certified Emissions Reductions (CER’s) per year, which would be worth $2M euros annually at today’s trading rate. (source: UNEP Risoe CDM/JI Pipeline Analysis and Database, September 2007).
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