Editors Note:  This article was published in the July, 2011 edition of International Cement Review Whole tyre co-firing skewered by Steve Rueckhaus, AFS Technology, USA [more...]

TireBusiness.com reports that the EPA has asked federal courts to grant an extension on delivering a final ruling on it’s definition of solid waste and [more...]

More than a million used tyres from Brisbane are being burnt in China’s coal mines while local tyre recyclers struggle to source enough rubber to [more...]

Tire manufacturers have weighed in with strong opposition on the EPA’s proposed rule to classify whole-tire derived fuel as solid waste.  AFS Technology’s official comment [more...]

On June 4th, 2010, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), issuing new guidelines that [more...]

Suspension Burning for Tire Fuel Optimization in Precalciner Kilns By:  Hyder Busheri and John Tiernan, AFS Technology, USA Synopsis: A presentation on optimizing substitution rates [more...]

Happy 100th birthday to Lehigh Cement’s Evansville plant.  As a milesone in their history, AFS President John Tiernan led the tire fuel system project for [more...]

Pravin Gordhan – South Africa’s Finance Minister wrote an op-ed in 22-Mar edition of the Washington Post entitled ‘Why coal is the best way to [more...]

The maximum fuel substitution with whole or shredded tires (TDF) on the feed shelf in precalciner kilns is typically limited to less than 5% because [more...]

AFS Technology has embarked on many successful projects in the cement industry over the past 12 months. From small retrofit projects to large multi-fuel turnkey [more...]