Cement News tagged: Environmental

India: Cement plant blazes a trail

04 December 2007, Published under Cement News

When she first heard about some entrepreneurs planning to set up a cement factory in her village,

UK residents to sue Castle Cement over dust and noise

03 December 2007, Published under Cement News

Dozens of villagers who say their lives have been made a misery by a nearby cement factory are planning to sue for the “nuisance” it causes.

Cemex to double use of tyres at Rugby, UK

28 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Cemex UK has been granted a permit for a trial by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to increase the use of tyres from 12 to 25 per cent

Italy Italcementi, Egypt Sign MoU on Wind Farm Construction

27 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Italcementi SpA has signed through its Italgen unit a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity & Energy for

European Commission to review Bulgaria’s CO2 allocation

European Commission to review Bulgaria’s CO2 allocation

23 November 2007, Published under Cement News

The European Commission will consider officially Bulgaria’s arguments in favour of increasing the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission allowances for 2007 and the 2008-2012 trading period, the press ce

Emission quota cause cement shortage concerns, Estonia

21 November 2007, Published under Cement News

The small CO2 emission quota the government plans to assign to Estonia’s largest cement producer Kunda Nordic Tsement would in the company’s opinion push up cement prices by 35-40 per cent

Siam City Cement Plc to reduce energy costs

Siam City Cement Plc to reduce energy costs

21 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC) is looking to reduce its energy costs by having EcoSiam, its waste management unit,

Sabanci Holding: Energy incentives for cement industry not wise

15 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Sabancı Holding Cement Group head Erhan Kamışlı has said the cement manufacturing industry is an energy-intensive industry and that it would not be wise to offer free energy incent

Holcim Hungaria Environmental Permit To Be Attacked in Court

13 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Civil organisations plan to attack in court the environmental permit issued by the Hungarian authorities to Holcim Hungaria Cementipari Zrt

Nevada Cement receives OK for expansion permit, zone change

08 November 2007, Published under Cement News

Nevada Cement has approval for both an expansion permit and a zone change to an adjacent property,

Ash Grove Cement resolves clean air act violations

08 November 2007, Published under Cement News

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release:

National Cement moves forward on plans for nature preserve

30 October 2007, Published under Cement News

Final plans will be unveiled next month for a 147-acre nature preserve donated by National Cement Co of Alabama.

Eight-thousand households in Oamaru district receiving info on Holcim’s proposed concrete plant at Weston, New Zealand

26 October 2007, Published under Cement News

Holcim is sending copies of its plans for a cement plant to eight thousand households in the Oamaru district.

New York Cement Kilns “Must Reduce Mercury Pollution”

26 October 2007, Published under Cement News

Three NY cement kilns account for nearly one third of all mercury pollution in the state – groups urge the governor to limit mercury pollution

GTZ, Holcim form alliance for co-processing waste, Costa Rica

25 October 2007, Published under Cement News

German technical cooperation agency GTZ and Swiss construction and materials company Holcim have formed a partnership to co-process solid waste in Costa Rica,

Dragon Products’ Cement Plant Sets Safety Record

25 October 2007, Published under Cement News

Dragon Products’ cement plant, located in Thomaston Maine, has hit a safety milestone: 600,000 hours without a lost time injury.