Cement News tagged: Environmental
Ras Al Khaimah-based cement company sees temporary environmental shutdown
The UAE Ministry of Water and Environment has closed a Ras Al Khaimah cement factory in Khor Khuweir for a month. The plant has not complied with rules under Cabinet Resolution No 24 of 2011, relating to the protection and development of the environment. Ministry spokesmen Ghanem Al Shamsi said the decision came after specialists from the external audit department visited the facility and re...
Cemex launches Dominican Republic solar power plant
Cemex announced the launch of a 1.5MW power plant to supply renewable energy to its cement plant in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. Cemex said the initiative is part of its commitment to sustainability, to contribute to reduce its carbon footprint and mitigate the impact on climate change. "The contribution represents 1.5MW that will allow us to produce 2.2MkW per year, which equ...
Suez Cement plant to switch to coal
Italcementi Group is looking to find a long-term solution to the fuel shortage problems it faces in Egypt with its subsidiary Suez Cement. Suez Cement needs to find a reliable fuel source for its cement plants to keep its 18 per cent of local cement sales. The Suez plant will use coal next November, while two of the group’s its other factories in Tora and Helwan will start in two years' time, ...
Four Holcim (US) Inc plants awarded Energy Star®
Holcim (US) Inc. announced that four of its plants earned the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR®. "Holcim is grateful to, once again, be awarded for our commitment to sustainability," said Filiberto Ruiz, president and CEO of Holcim (US) and Aggregate Industries US. "We understand how important it is for our facilities to have corporate values in place that help protect t...
New species of snail discovered in Lafarge Malaysia limestone quarry
A new, presumed narrowly endemic species of snail has been discovered in a limestone quarry in Malaysia run by Lafarge. The new species of snail, discovered by Fendie Marzuki and Thor Seng Liew at the northern end of Gunung Kanthan, Malaysia, has been named 'Charopa lafargei', recognising that most of the hill is within a concession run by Lafarge Malaysia. The hill is reportedly schedule...
Castolin Eutectic presents HeidelbergCement with Conservationist of the Year Award
Maintenance, repair, wear protection and joining specialist Castolin Eutectic has presented HeidelbergCement AG with its Conservationist of the Year Award 2014. Established in 1973, the award recognises companies that are committed to the protection of resources and the environment. Castolin Eutectic awarded HeidelbergCement with the accolade for its “sensitive approach to resources, the un...
Semen Indonesia recognised for renewable energy efforts
Semen Indonesia has won an award from the country's Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in recognition of its renewable energy efforts. PT Semen Indonesia group companies, including Semen Padang and Semen Tonasa, have been using biomass as alternative energy source to replace coal and reduce electrical energy in stages. "The award has confirmed the commitment of Semen Indonesia in impleme...
Exshaw achieves environmental milestone
Lafarge Canada Inc announced its cement plant in Exshaw, Alberta, has met its target to reduce emissions of dust, sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) from its existing cement kiln line, and achieved zero water discharge from its operations. As part of its expansion, which will increase manufacturing capacity by 60 per cent, Lafarge upgraded an existing manufacturing line a...
Solidia Technologies signs partnership agreement with Linde Group
The US start-up Solidia Technologies has signed a partnership agreement with the Linde Group, a gases and engineering company, that includes the development, demonstration and commercialisation of Solidia’s CO 2 -based concrete curing technology. Germany-based Linde will collaborate with Solidia to demonstrate the feasibility of commercial-scale production. The two companies will also work t...
Six Cemex USA cement plants earn EPA’s Energy Star®
Cemex has said six of its cement manufacturing plants have earned the US Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® certification. The recognition of Cemex USA's plants in Brooksville (FL), Miami (FL), Clinchfield (GA), Fairborn (OH), Louisville (KY) and Victorville (CA) demonstrates that these facilities perform among the top 25 per cent of similar US facilities for energy conservation. ...
IUCN launches biodiversity guide
The International Union for Conservation (IUCN), in cooperation with CEMBUREAU and other cement and aggregates industry associations, has published a new guide to encourage companies to responsibly manage biodiversity throughout their operations. The guide, entitled “ Integrated Biodiversity Management System ” is the product of a four-year project by an independent panel of biodiversity and...
Namibia: Ohorongo's biomass boost
Namibia-based Ohorongo Cement plant plans to use blackthorn as biofuel for cement production, helping the southern Africa country's sole cement producer keep energy costs down. "In the long term we will be very competitive," Ohorongo Cement's chairman, Gerhard Hirth, told AllAfrica news. Biofuel accounts for 30 per cent of Ohorongo's energy needs, a figure which it eventually wants to r...
Semen Indonesia to build East Java WHR facility
Semen Indonesia is to invest in a IDR638bn (US$54.4m) waste heat power generation facility in East Java as the company looks to reduce costs and move towards more environmentally-friendly energy sources. The country’s leading cement producer is partnering with Japan’s JFE Engineering Corp for the 30.6MW plant, which will supply power to the company’s four lines at Tuban, East Java. The plant ...
Report: EU-ETS carbon leakage difficult to determine
A recent study by Vivid Economic and Ecofys entitled ‘Carbon leakage prospects under Phase III of the EU ETS and beyond’ has considered whether the EU ETS leads to carbon leakage and found that it is difficult to determine whether carbon leakage has occurred as a result of the emissions trading scheme. The report, with a focus on the UK in particular, also examines which sectors are affected a...
Australia: calls for Adelaide Brighton Cement licence review
Adelaide Brighton's Birkenhead cement plant is coming under pressure for tighter regulation on its environmental performance. Greens leader, Mark Parnell, says data provided by Adelaide Brighton to the National Pollutant Inventory shows big rises in emissions of oxides and dust. Mr Parnell said its emissions of sulphur dioxide alone have nearly trebled since 2009-10, according to a report on ...
Messebo Cement shifts to biomass usage, Ethiopia
Ethiopia-based Messebo Cement is establishing a biomass processing plant to help partly substitute imported coal usage in its manufacturing process, thereby reducing production costs. The new facility, which is 90 per cent complete, will use hay from sesame produced at Humera in North Gonder, Amhara region, 902km northwest of Addis Ababa. Mesfin Engineering will undertake the civil work and ...