Cement News tagged: Environmental
USA – Public comments due for Holcim’s Ste Genevieve plan
On Monday, 30 March, local area residents will be able to comment on Holcim’s plan to build a 4.4Mt cement plant in Ste Genevieve County. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold public
China counts economic costs of water shortages
Water tables are falling. Rivers run black with effluent. Cities are slowly sinking into their foundations and acid rain falls across almost a third of China’s land area. The chronic degradatio
Plan to combat pollution rewards the ’dirty’
An Irish government scheme to combat global warming is self-defeating because it rewards "dirty firms" and encourages them to stay in business, an Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) publica
Europe – Saving energy-intensive industry billions
Next month, the European Union (EU) is expected to approve the “linking directive”, an amendment to its emissions trading scheme (ETS) that has the potential to save energy intensive industries billio
UK – Greenhouse gas levels still increasing
As more coal was burned in power stations and electricity imports from the continent fell, the Scotland increased its carbon emissions by 1.5 per cent between 2002 and 2003. However, UK levels remaine
Italcementi, CNR Join European Research Project
The technical centre of Italian cement producer and distributor Italcementi Group and the IT institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) have joined a 3.4 mln euro ($4.2 mln) European tes
Albania – Elbasan Cement ordered to close
The Albanian government has ordered the closure of Elbasan Cement Factory, along with two other industrial plants, due to its environmental concerns as well as fining each company
Garadag cement pays fine
BAKU: Garadagh Cement has paid the State Environmental Fund of Azerbaijan AzM350m, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources Hussein Baghirov informed reporters. ’The new management of the
Cement firms prepare to replace coal
The South African cement industry is set to embark on a multi-million rand project to systematically replace some of the coal used in its kilns with alternative, waste-derived fuels. The first waste m
Maine legislator joins plant protest
Adding to the inter-state opposition to St. Lawrence Cement’s plans to build a cement plant in Hudson, the majority leader of Maine’s Senate, Sharon Anglin Treat, has expressed ’&rsq
Lafarge plan may drive tourists away
UK: Locals are vowing to fight a planned quarry extension, which they say will be disastrous for Westbury’s White Horse. Lafarge Cement hopes to double the size of its stone quarry, just below
Cut costs with rice husk fuels
Asia’s cement makers are cutting their fossil fuel consumption and turning to the rice paddy across the street for a greener, cheaper and potentially more abundant fuel to heat their kilns. Ceme
Portugal proposes 39Mt in CO2 licences
Portugal has proposed emission of 39Mt of carbon dioxide from 2005 to 2007 under a European Union plan on output of greenhouse gasses, according to a preliminary proposal made available on Wednesday.
UK – Tearing down
Two years ago, Lafarge closed its Eastgate cement plant, near Weardale, County Durham. Since then its industrial buildings have told a sorry tale of glory long-gone and provided the local community wi
High-chromium cement ban proposed
Construction firms have been invited by the UK Health and Safety Commission (HSC) to comment on its plans to ban high-chromium cement. High-chromium cement is a known cause of allergic dermatitis and
USA – St Lawrence Cement to provide more information
St Lawrence Cement is to provide additional data to New York Department of State on 10 topic areas relating to the expansion of its Hudson works. The Department wants to see a broad range of informati