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Alternative Fuels

We are increasing our use of alternative fuels, such as chipped tires, household waste, and biomass such as animal meal, sewage sludge and agricultural waste. Because temperatures in cement kilns are very high, virtually all organic hazardous compounds are converted to harmless substances, meaning they are ideal for safely disposing of these kinds of waste and recovering energy in the process. Our kilns enable us to provide a suitable and necessary alternative to landfill while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and our resulting CO2 emissions and protecting our business from energy-price volatility.

While we safely and successfully use our cement kilns to dispose of some of society's waste in locations where we have completed the necessary trials and public consultations, local residents often have concerns about the use of tires and other waste as fuel. We work with our neighbors and local interest groups to help them understand the process and the safeguards we will put in place to allay their concerns.

The extent of our use of alternative fuels depends largely on local regulations, specifically whether landfill legislation is mature and well implemented.

Our alternative fuels use

Reports

CEMEX Annual Report
2011 Annual Report
CEMEX Sustainable Development Report
2011 Sustainable Development Report

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Press Releases

Thursday, May 03, 2012

CEMEX achieves significant progress in sustainability priorities

Monday, April 30, 2012

CEMEX files annual report on Form 20-F for fiscal year 2011

Thursday, April 26, 2012

CEMEX reports first-quarter 2012 results

Thursday, March 29, 2012

CEMEX announces subscription issue price of new CPOs

Solving Customers' Needs

Thursday, April 26, 2012

CEMEX ready-mix concrete satisfies demanding requirements of water distillation facility in...

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

CEMEX provides over 200,000 cubic yards of concrete in Arizona for one of the world’s leading...

Thursday, March 15, 2012

CEMEX supplies specialty ready-mix concrete to complete new 1,757-meter long road tunnel in...

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

World-renown architects join over 400 students at CEMEX’s V International White Architecture...

Business and Financial Strategy

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Construrama, Latin America's largest building materials chain, launches in Costa Rica

Monday, November 01, 2010

CEMEX recognized for outstanding achievement in collaboration

Operational Excellence

Friday, April 27, 2012

CEMEX wins National Award for Cleanest Production in the Dominican Republic

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

CEMEX wins CemFuels “AF-Using Company of the Year” Award

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

CEMEX inaugurates river port with US$1.8 million state-of-the-art unloading system in Bangladesh

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

US$18.6 M waste heat-to-energy power plant to be built in CEMEX plant in the Philippines

Sustainable Development in Action

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

CEMEX recognized as a Leader in Corporate Social Responsibility and a Top Employer in Poland

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Inter-American Development Bank recognizes CEMEX with the Juscelino Kubitschek Award of Merit...

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Mexican Center for Philanthropy recognizes CEMEX for the ninth consecutive year as a Socially...

Thursday, March 01, 2012

CEMEX and Noble Group sign agreement to strengthen biodiversity efforts at El Carmen nature...

Leadership, Collaboration, and Integrity

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Top Czech Architecture Students Experience CEMEX’s Global Research Center in Switzerland

Monday, April 25, 2011

CEMEX in the Dominican Republic is recognized by the United Nations

Thursday, May 13, 2010

CEMEX named one of Spain's 100 most prestigious companies