Lafarge Bath has a proposal to replace coal in its cement plant with low carbon fuels like weathered treated wood (such as railway ties and utility poles), construction and demolition materials, and asphalt shingles.
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The biggest hurdle for biomass from dedicated fuel crops is that it isn't an economically viable option yet. We’re looking at ways of finding biomass fuels that are more affordable while we continue to work with our farming partners and support research to reduce production costs even further.
On July first, The Bath Plant was pleased to welcome our new Plant manager, Mike Kralik.
Mike has been at the Bath plant for since 2009, as the site's Operations Manager. Before accepting that position, Mike had been with Lafarge for a number of years as the Production manager at Lafarge's Sugar Creek Plant in Missouri. Congratulations on your Promotion Mike!
The previous Plant manager, Michael Klenk, has accepted the position of Plant manager at Lafarge's Joppa Cement Plant, in Illinois. We thank Michael for all his hard work over the years, and wish him the best of luck in all future endeavours.