CONSTRUCTION &
ENVIRONNEMENT

WASTE MANAGEMENT AND VALORISATION,
QUALITY OF HOME ENVIRONMENT &
DECONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

ECONOMIE CIRCULAIRE &
DIGITAL

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION &
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE

COSMOCEM

HOW CAN LARGE QUANTITIES OF ALTERNATIVE SECONDARY MATERIALS (MSA), CURRENTLY WITH NO OUTLET, BE TRANSFORMED TO CREATE NEW ADDITIONAL MINERALS FOR CEMENTS?

GreenWin presents COSMOCEM :

The cement industry faces a number of challenges, namely :
• in terms of materials, a reduction in natural resources and the decreasing availability of mineral additions used in
cement, such as blast furnace slag and flue dust;
• on an economic and environmental level, the ceiling on CO2 quotas along with competing imports of foreign cement and
foreign clinker.

In this context, the project’s objective is the creation of mineral additives for hydraulic
binders resulting from the transformation of poorly or non-valorised Walloon waste
streams by a new ecologic activation process operated by Artificial Intelligence.
It is therefore now necessary to find the best way of transforming important MSA
streams with few or no outlets or means of being valorised in order to create new
reactive mineral additives necessary for the production of cement.

Les « + » :

  • For CBR, in addition to maintaining the activity of cement factories in Wallonia: independence from traditional reactive materials; diminution in the shortage of raw materials; a stronger position compared to the competition; improved cost price; improvement in environmental footprint (reduction of CO2 and less energy-intensive process, clinker substitution (0,8 t CO2 /t clinker), local streams reduced logistics, valorisation of greater internal MSA streams, energy-related and predictive monitoring with high tech tools).
  • For the waste treatment sector, apart from the setting up of a novel sector: • Sustainable solution for asbestos-linked waste. • Rehabilitation of former industrial sites.

Project supported by the following consortium:

  • Project sponsor: CBR
  • The company: CBR; Duferco WALLONIE; LESSINES INDUSTRIES (TPF); TECHNORD; Tradecowall; SBMI
  • CRA: CRIC-OCCN; CTP
  • Universities and Higher Education Institutions ULg - Chemical Engineering

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