Cement News tagged: Environmental
Malaysia: Merapoh state rejects ideas for cement plant
Cement plant plans in Malaysia's Pahang state are to lose out to an ecotourism project. The Pahang state government has promised that there will be no cement production plant at Merapoh, but will ensure a plan to convert the area to an ecotourism destination. Pahang Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin said they were now surveying the size of the area to be gaz...
Cimsa joins Cement Sustainability Initiative
Cimsa has joined the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), making it the first Turkish company to join the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) programme. Mehmet Hacikamiloglu, general manager of the Turkish cement major, stated that the company is looking to lead the sector towards a sustainable future while growing profitably: He said: “We are carrying out our works ...
Cemex included in UN Global Compact Stock Index
Cemex announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the United Nations Global Compact 100– a new global stock index that combines corporate sustainability and baseline financial performance. “We are pleased that our sustainability policies and activities have been recognised in this way,” Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Cemex’s Chairman and CEO. “For many years corporations and investors h...
Egypt: fuel supply problems cause Suez Cement to act
Suez Cement has turned to wind power to help it meet its energy needs. The project at Gulf El-Zeit is part of the government's objective to output 7000MW or 20 per cent of Egypt's energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. The Gulf El-Zeit initiative will be able to supply one third of the energy Suez Cement requires, but is unlikely to surpass this amount. “The electricity supplied by the...
Cembureau: cement sector should maintain carbon leakage status
Cembureau, the European Cement Association, has called for the European cement sector to maintain its carbon leakage status. In a statement released today, Cembureau responded to the Carbon Leakage Evidence Project report, recently published by Dutch consultancy Ecorys, which found 'no evidence for any carbon leakage' in the past two periods of the European Trading System. In relation to ...
Lucky Cement wins Green Supply Chain Award, Pakistan
Pakistan's leading producer, Lucky Cement, has won the Green Supply Chain Award for its sustainable operations and logistics network at the 3rd International Shipping, Logistics and Supply Chain conference held in Karachi. The conference and awards were organized by the Publicity Channel with the support of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in acknowledgment of the companies that ar...
Batisoke secures loan for sustainable energy generation, Turkey
Turkish cement producer Batisoke Cimento Sanayii has secured a EUR10m loan from local lender Akbank under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) facility to promote energy efficiency. The 7.5 year loan will be provided by Akbank under the Euro Turkey Mid-Size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (MidSEFF) of the EBRD, Batisoke said in a bourse filing. The EBRD ai...
USA: conservation group eyes Davenport cement plant
Los Altos-based Sempervirens Fund, one of several conservation groups to recently secure 8500 mountainous acres above the Davenport cement facility, formerly owned by Cemex, is interested in acquiring the plant site as part of an ambitious plan to permanently protect the sparsely populated, postcard-beautiful coastal mountains above Santa Cruz. The idea is in the very early stages, but Sempe...
USA: Lehigh Cement may face new challenge to quarrying rights
Lehigh Cement may face a challenge to its legal rights to mine on approximately 13 of 19 parcels of land at the cement facility and quarry located just outside Cupertino. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is hoping to overturn a 2011 decision by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to allow Lehigh cement to operate on the land in dispute. Crucially the supervisors' dec...
Heidelberg updates on sustainability efforts
HeidelbergCement has released its 2011/2012 Sustainability Report, highlighting topics and challenges for the German cement major in its drive for sustainable development. The new report, entitled "Foundations" also details the company's continous efforts and achievements such as reducing specific net CO2 emissions by 21 per cent and increasing its alternative fuels rate to 21.7 per cent. S...
Cimentos de Mocambique to improve air pollution control
Cimentos de Mocambique has signed a contract for the manufacture and installation of a filter to reduce the emissions from its cement factory in the southern city of Matola. The filter will be made by American company AAF and will be installed next year. According to CM spokesperson Sergio Bandeira, "protecting the environment and the health and well-being of the residents of Matola and the ...
Andhra Pradesh orders plant closure, India
The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) has ordered the closure of India Cements Ltd factory at Yerraguntla for non-compliance of regulatory standards, resulting in the pollution of surrounding areas. It has also initiated action against four other factories in the district citing the same grounds. The closure order was issued in the interest of protecting public health and enviro...
India Cements unit is ordered to close
The Pollution Control Board (PCB) has ordered the closure of India Cements Ltd's Yerraguntla plant and initiated action against four more cement factories in Kadapa district, for non-compliance of the Board directions and standards as well as causing severe air pollution in surrounding areas. The closure order was given in the interest of protecting public health and environment. The factory...
Holcim Foundation's US$2m competition
Holcim Philippines has announced the start of its 4th International Holcim Awards on Sustainable Construction. The search is now on for the best ideas on how the construction industry can improve sustainability with a grand prize of US$2m awaiting the competition winner. A global independent panel of experts from renowned technical universities will validate the entries. Beng Prado, vice pres...
Cuba’s Siguaney produces first low-carbon cement
Siguaney saw its first low-carbon cement produced on an industrial scale. The Cuban cement plant in Sancti Spíritus delivered a pilot output of 130t of SIG-B45 cement, according to the Structures & Materials R&D Centre (CIDEM) director, Fernando Martirena. The development of the so-called Ecological Cement started in May with the firing of 120t of kaolin of the Pontezuela quarry in Camagüey...
India: industry targets 25% TSR by 2030
The Indian cement industry is failing to realise the potential for alternative fuels and raw material utilisation (AFR), but resolves to raise the thermal substitution rate (TSR) to 25 per cent by 2030, from the current level of less than one per cent. This was the conclusion of a two-day conference on co-processing in cement plants, convened by the Washington-based Institute for Industrial...