The installation of equipment to utilize alternative fuels at a cement plant in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan has been completed and a completion ceremony was held at thesite on March 17, 2014.The equipment, which has been installed for a joint project between the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) (Taiheiyo Engineering Corporation) and the Malaysian government, consists of an alternative fuel feeding and firing system, a chlorine bypass system and a Taiheiyo Coating Solution system.
As waste tires and empty fruit bunches generated at palm oil mills are used as coal alternative fuels, the use of coal can be reduced by 25%. In Summary, Reduction of coal use (kiln with capacity of 4,000 t/day): approximately 5 tons (25%) per hour have being expected for CIMA Bahau Plant by have new alternative fuel system.