Alternative fuels & raw materials

In 2006, the European cement industry used an energy equivalent of about 26Mt of coal, a non renewable fossil fuel, for the production of 266Mt of cement. Alternative fuels constituted 18% of this across Europe, saving about 5Mt of coal and reducing the need for mining of a non renewable resource.

In 2006 about 5% of the raw materials used in the production of clinker consisted of alternative raw materials, totalling about 14.5Mt/year.

The main constituent of cement is clinker. Depending on availability, part of the clinker can be replaced with alternative constituents.