Cement News tagged: Environmental
Ireland - €10m environment-friendly blow to CRH
New government measures to make up to 25 per cent of all cement used in public projects more environment-friendly could deliver a €10m blow to CRH. Draft proposals
USA – Holcim moving closer to Genevieve works
Holcim Inc was granted a draft clean air permit by the state’s Air Pollution Control programme for its proposed works just in Genevieve County.
World – Global Greenhouse Gas Register launched at Davos
The World Economic Forum, currently in session at Davos, officially launched the Global Greenhouse Gas Register, developed in partnership with key international business and environmental organisation
UK – Government tightens emission abatement targets
The UK government has come under fire from industry after proposing a 16.3 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2008 when compared with 1990 levels
UK – Calls for reopening the Rugby-to-Stockton railway line
Lorry loads of clay from a new quarry at Stockton, Warwickshire, planned by Rugby Cement are causing
USA – Environmental award for Giant Cement
Giant Cement has received an environmental accolade of “exceptional pollution prevention and wildlife habitat results while mentoring others as community leaders in environmental stewardship”
Quarry rejection welcomed
Environmentalists have welcomed the rejection in court of an attempt to create Britain`s biggest quarry in the Western Isles. A French multi-national`s bid to excavate the so-called `superquarry` at L
Ireland – Meat and bonemeal problem addressed
A government committee has concluded that the co-incineration of meat and bonemeal (MBM) in cement production and electricity generation can provide the country with a safe and efficient means of disp
Spanish bonemeal
Valencia region, eastern Spain, used 75 per cent of the bonemeal made in the region as a fuel for the cement industry in the region, a representative of the Local Government, Rafael Blasco, said on Ja
Melon uses tyres
Chile`s Cemento Melon has begun using used tyres to fire its kiln no 9 at its industrial plant in Region V municipality La Calera, Melon communications manager Ignacio del Rio confirmed to
Hudson plant debate
The longstanding debate over St Lawrence Cement`s proposal to build a US$320 million cement plant about 20 miles from the Connecticut border in New York continues. Currently, the company, St. Lawrence
UK – Court rejects superquarry plan
Plans for a 600ha ‘super quarry’ at Lingerbay, Harris have received a setback for cement producer Lafarge as the Court of Session rejected the plans.
Spain – Cement plants burn 75 per cent of Valencia’s bonemeal
The region of Valencia, eastern Spain, burns 75 per cent of its bonemeal production in cement plants – the highest in Spain, according to local government representative, Rafael Blasco. The use of bon
China - Tibetan Goatian moved to protect air quality
One of Tibet’s major polluters, Goatian Cement, has been moved away from the outskirts of Lhasa into a deep valley at 30km distance.
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to expand waste processing
Sumitomo Osaka Cement plans to spend 4 billion yen over a two-year period starting in fiscal 2004 to increase its processing capacity for waste products used as raw materials.
Chile – Corema authorises Polpaico alternative fuels burning
Corema, the environment agency covering the Santiago metropolitan region, has authorised Cemento Polpaico to burn alternative fuels in its Cerro Blanco works, 38km north of