Cement News tagged: Environmental
Continental Cement Co to upgrade clinker storage facilities
Continental Cement Company LLC has agreed to complete a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at US$300,000 at its Hannibal (MO) facility. The SEP is part of a consent agreement with The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 in which Continental Cement has also agreed to pay a US$22,025 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act in 2007 and 2008. Th...
Taiwan Cement and Asia Cement to upgrade environmental equipment in China
Anticipating stricter environmental regulations for cement producers in China, Taiwan Cement Co plans to invest TWD700m (US$23.8m) to upgrade its NOx and SOx abatement equipment, while Asia Cement is considering the same step. Taiwan Cement International Holdings Ltd. has started installing new equipment in its Chongqing plant, aiming to decrease NOx emissions by 60 per cent, with the same...
Reliance Cement awaits clearance for new plant, India
Reliance Cement expects to start its first integrated unit located at Mahiyar in Madhya Pradesh, India by mid-2014. However, there may be a gap of six months at least for another one planned at Mukutban in Yavatmal district to get commissioned. The lag is due to a forest clearance being awaited for a part of the limestone mines in Mukutban from where raw material will be sourced. "The mines a...
Enersource and Holcim (Canada) launch heat recovery project
Enersource has assisted Holcim (Canada) in securing a financial incentive from the Ontario Power Authority of US$6.37m to support the development and construction of a waste heat recovery project at their Mississauga cement plant. "Projects like this are both economically and environmentally-sound," said Craig Fleming, President and CEO at Enersource. He added, "Conservation initiatives cap...
Guangdong producers buy CO2 permits
Four cement producers in China's Guangdong province have bought 1.3 million CO2 permits from the local government at CNY60/unit (EUR7.25), according to local press. China Resources Cement, Sinoma, Taipai and Yangchun Hailuo bought the permits in a bid to hedge their carbon exposure as they plan to expand cement production capacity by 25Mta over the next few years, newspaper 21st Century Bus...
Kohat Cement plans waste heat recovery project, Pakistan
Pakistan cement producer Kohat Cement is planning to construct a 9MW waste heat recovery project (WHRP). Sources say the plant will reduce electricity dependency on the national grid by 38 per cent. Kohat is currently under negotiations with different suppliers, although the project cost and its timeline are as yet undisclosed. The company achieved YoY profitability 26 times higher with ...
Holcim to employ more co-processing in China
Holcim will focus on co-processing technology to get ahead in China’s competitive market. The Swiss major views China as a valuable market where its profits improve in future years. "The current market is flat. As the market continues to flatten, the nature of competition will change. The values of sustainability and environmental performance will play a much bigger role for a company's fur...
USA: Buzzi Unicem trials use of hazardous waste fuel at Cape Girardeau plant
A series of trials is underway at Buzzi Unicem’s Cape Girardeau cement facility in an effort to use more hazardous waste as fuel. The company invested US$1m in the project, aimed at cutting its operating expenses by replacing more of its coal with alternative fuels. For about 20 years, the company, formerly known as Lonestar Industries, has used hazardous waste as fuel to heat its kiln. In ...
China: State Council plans to invest CNY2.366tn over 2011-15 on energy conservation
China plans to invest about CNY2.366tn (US$372.5bn) in projects for energy conservation and carbon-emissions reduction over the 2011-15 period, the State Council, said in a statement. The statement, which was issued to ministries and provincial-level governments on 6 August but only released to the public this week, didn't disclose the amount already invested or how much would be spent over...
India: “Cement factories must adhere to safety norms to check pollution”
Cement factories should play a vital role in checking pollution by strictly adhering to specified norms, said D Vasudevan, former chief inspector of factories and advisor to National Safety Council-Tamil Nadu chapter. At the inauguration of a two-day training programme on ‘health and safety management in cement industries’, organised by Tiruchi sub-committee of National Safety Council on Frid...
Indian producers sign pact signed to support low-carbon cement investments
Indian cement majors, including ACC Ltd, Shree Cement Ltd and Ultratech, have signed a co-operation pact to support low-carbon investments in India, Business Line India report. The pact was signed in Geneva with member companies of the World Business Council (WBC) for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative and International Finance Corporation (IFC). Under the pact, a L...
Holcim Philippines to construct waste heat facility
Holcim Philippines will construct a waste-to-energy facility to reduce the demand for coal as a cement plant fuel in Davao City. Roland Van Wijnen, chief operations officer of Holcim Philippines, said that the facility will include structures and buildings which are aimed at storing more rice husks, identified as a viable fuel alternative for the cement plant. The plant consumes about 600t...
Eight Pakistan factories issued with environmental notices
The Environment Protection Department (EPD) has issued notices to eight cement factories across the Punjab over the last week for failing to install devices to mitigate dust pollution levels. The notices were issued under Section 12 and Section 16 of the Punjab Environment Protection Act 2012. The notices were issued after a month-long survey, initiated after three cement factories in Chakwa...
Titan America challenges air permit appeals, USA
Titan America has filed a motion to dismiss parts of the pending legal challenge against their proposed Castle Hayne cement plant air permit, according to local press reports. Carolinas Cement, a subsidiary of Titan America, last month requested that the court throw out four segments of the appeal, all related to the company's plan for developing and mining a quarry adjacent to the proposed p...
Four Indian plants force to close on alleged environmental violation
Four cement plants in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been ordered to shut down on alleged violation of air pollution controls norms. The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) told Business Line India that two UltraTech Cement plant, one Ambuja Cement and one Lafarge plant have all be closed for over a week now. The four units, all situated in Baloda Bazar district, have a...
Peru’s domestic shipments see 15% first-half rise
Shipments of cement in the Peruvian market totaled 4,4Mt between January and June 2012, a 15 per cent increase over the figure recorded in the same period in 2011, when they totaled 3.83Mt, reported the Asociación de Productores de Cemento (Asocem). During that period the cement production was 4.48Mt, representing an increase of 13.95 per cent over the same period of 2011, when it was 3.9Mt...