Vicat is exploring new ways to decarbonise cement production with its Argilor Xeuilley cement plant in France.
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Bright Spot | Vicat
Vicat is exploring new ways to decarbonise cement production with its Argilor Xeuilley cement plant in France.
Read the full case study on our Build Clean Now campaign website
Bright Spot | Vicat
As the first European industrial-scale flash calciner to enter operation Vicat’s Argilor facility is pioneering the shift to lower-carbon cement that helps meet France’s RE2020 building regulations. The company noticed supportive market signals, with customers requesting lower carbon alternatives in early 2022. Nowadays, every single tender they receive includes a decarbonisation approach.
Its industrial-scale flash calciner is an industrial furnace that rapidly heats, dehydrates (or ‘calcines’) and cools clay in a matter of seconds to create a pure and highly reactive activated clay. Activated clay is a highly promising Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) as it is widely available and provides good concrete performance.
The most efficient solution is partial clinker substitution using widely available, reactive, high-performing materials to produce cement as good as – or better than – traditional formulations. Our cement has just over 50% clinker, as slow evolution of EN standards currently prevents going below 50%, despite being technically viable.
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