St Marys Cement installs wet scrubber at Bowmanville cement plant Written by Global Cement staff
14 April 2021
Canada: St Marys Cement, part of Brazil-based Votoronatim Cimentos, has installed a US$19.9m wet scrubber at its Bowmanville cement plant in Ontario. The installation will reduce the plant’s sulphur dioxide (SO
2) emissions by 90%. The producer says it is the first wet scrubber installed at a cement plant in Canada.
Operations Manager Jim Storey said “This investment in technology to improve the plant’s environmental performance has proven to be effective in removing SO
2 produced in the cement manufacturing process. We are also pleased that the scrubber was assembled on-site and installed by local Ontario contractors and crews during our annual scheduled plant shutdown.”