Adani Group’s Ambuja Cements partners with Leilac of UK to manufacture low-carbon cement
By Arun Kumar Das
Ahmedabad, June 22: Adani Group-owned Ambuja Cements has partnered with Leilac Limited, a UK-headquartered clean technology company, for development and manufacture of low-carbon cement.
Under the partnership, the commercial demonstration project at Ambuja Cements’ 6.6 MTPA Sanghi plant in Sanghipuram in Kutch in Gujarat, will evaluate the integration of Leilac’s carbon capture and hybrid electric heating technology to support lower-emission cement production through greater use of renewable electricity and the capture of unavoidable process carbon dioxide.
This collaboration is expected to improve the economics of carbon capture, strengthening the business case for large-scale deployment of carbon capture and utilisation, Ambuja Cements said in a statement.
The technology is designed to enable a pathway where coal consumption can be reduced to zero, while allowing alternate fuels to be used flexibly.
Subject to successful demonstration, the project, positioned as the largest industrial-scale plant of its kind globally, could be scaled up by 7x to 8x to capture more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, the company said.
Karan Adani, Director of Ambuja Cements, said: “Our partnership with Leilac reflects our commitment to evaluating next-generation technologies that can reduce process emissions while improving energy efficiency and supporting long-term sustainable growth. This initiative aligns with our vision of building world-class manufacturing operations for the future.”
Daniel Rennie, CEO, Leilac Limited, said: “We’re delighted to begin this collaboration to deliver a commercial-scale project for low-cost, low-carbon cement production. Together, we aim to demonstrate an economic, replicable and future-proof solution for the global cement industry.” (BVI)
