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TV program “Pa straumei” explored cement production at the SCHWENK Latvija plant in Brocēni

April 19, 2022

While getting to know the Kurzeme river Ciecere, friends Roberts and Helēna visited the Brocēni cement plant with their four-legged friend Urga. Santa Kļava, Head of the Environmental Department of SCHWENK Latvija, provided a site seeing at the plant, told about the cement production process and raw materials used, cement-clinker burning process and alternative fuels used in it: a mixture of specially prepared household and industrial waste – SRF (solid recovered fuel) and used tires.

From the annotation of the program: “Due to the discovery of limestone deposits, a cement industry was developed in Brocēni in the 1920s. Although limestone is now mined from slightly more distant quarries, the Brocēni cement plant is still located near Lake Ciecere. It produces cement of excellent quality with a special focus on a sustainable and environmentally friendly production process”.

The program “Pa straumei. Ciecere” can be watched on the website of LSM.LV https://ltv.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/07.04.2022-pa-straumei-ciecere.id258019

Photos by Lauris Vīksne