Cement maker Lafarge opens low-carbon fuel facility at Alberta plant

Cement producer Lafarge Canada Inc. says it has installed a new facility at its Exshaw, Alta., plant that will use construction waste to reduce the plant's reliance on fossil fuels. The company, which held a ribbon-cutting for the $38-million facility Thursday, says it will use discarded wood that would otherwise end up emitting methane in landfills to instead produce power for use in its cement production. It says it expects the use of this alternative fuel source to replace up to 50 per cent o