Cement News tagged: Environmental
UK: the latest buzz about Hope biodiversity
A UK cement company is helping out in the UK’s campaign to grow Britain’s bee population. Hope Construction Materials has introduced 100,000 honeybees to two Derbyshire quarries to help improve biodiversity in its nearby area. The UK’s leading independent supplier of concrete and cement, is farming the bees at two of its two largest operations – Hope Cement Works, Hope Valley, and Dowlow Quar...
Egypt: environment rules to harden
The Environment Ministry will stiffen penalties against violators of environmental regulations in the face of the so-called black cloud. The dark polluting haze has been attributed to the burning of coal and farmers burning rice straw after their harvest. The ministry will launch investigations against drivers of cars with excessive emissions as well as cement and brick factories, Environmen...
Ireland: EPA to investigate Limerick dust emissions
As it cleared a blockage from its preheater, Irish Cement’s Limerick plant caused a dust emission that coated cars and houses. The dust release at around 4am on Saturday 25 July affected residents in a 3km-5km radius around the Castlemungret facility. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was advised that a blockage occurred in a preheater tower and while removing the blockage, ...
India: pollution draws protesters onto streets in Khrew
Demanding an end to pollution from cement factories and illegal mining in the area, hundreds of residents of Khrew in Pulwama district protested and held a strike for a third consecutive day. The residents took to streets and staged a sit-in on the main road near the cement factories. They protested against the factory owners and demanded installation of pollution control devices. They were a...
Pakistan: Bestway Cement inaugurates two WHR power plants
Bestway Cement Ltd has announced the inauguration of 6MW and 7.5MW waste heat recovery (WHR) power plants at Hattar and Farooqia, district Haripur, respectively, in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at an estimated cost of PKR1.7bn (US$166.9m). Speaking at the opening ceremony, group chairman, Anwar Pervez, hailed the accomplishment as yet another milestone in the long series of achievem...
CEMBUREAU: ‘EU-ETS proposal needs to incentivise best performers’
CEMBUREAU has taken note of the Commission’s proposals on EU ETSii post-2020 and will now proceed to a more indepth analysis with a view to engaging in a constructive discussion with the Commission, European Parliament and Member States, the association said in a statement yesterday. CEMBUREAU notes that while the proposal does acknowledge the importance of a continued carbon leakage protecti...
PCA statement regarding the complaint filed against EPA, Corps, on Waters of the US Rule
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) released the following statement regarding the complaint the association filed today against the US Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers, challenging the expansion of federal authority under the Clean Water Act through the new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Northe...
Cemex awards ecoperating Plus certification to building in Tijuana, Mexico
Cemex announced that it has awarded the ecoperating Plus certification to Torre Cosmopolitan, a sustainable and innovative commercial building, located in Tijuana, Baja California, México. The ecoperating Building Certification accredits buildings, during their design, construction and/or operation phase, with notable sustainable features and performance above the market standard. Cemex reco...
Arabian Cement commissions latest AF equipment
Arabian Cement Company (ACC) has completed its latest addition to its alternative fuel processing equipment at its plant in the Suez governorate, as part of the Egyptian cement producer's shift towards diversifying its sources of energy. The HotDisc® combustion device by FLSmidth (Denmark) has been commissioned at ACC Ramliya's plant. The installation is part of ACC's strategy to substitute 1...
Philippines: Pasig City launches new RDF facility
The Pasig City government on Wednesday inaugurated a new refuse-derived fuel facility (RDF) which will supply alternative fuels to local cement plants including those of Lafarge. The collaboration between the Pasig government with IPM Construction and Development Corp (IPM) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) can process 600tpd of waste. The facility is majority-owned ...
Hope Construction Materials supplies Scottish wind farm, UK
Hope Construction Materials, Britain’s leading independent concrete producer has just completed the supply of almost 12,000m3 of ready-mixed concrete to a new Scottish wind farm being built by renewable energy specialists Community Windpower Ltd. Hope Construction Materials supplies Aikengall II Community Wind Farm with 12,000m3 of ready-mixed concrete (Photo credit: 360 Aerial Phot...
China: Hubei producers may default on carbon obligations
Cement producers participating in the carbon market in China's Hubei province have told the local government they cannot afford the millions of yuan required to buy permits to cover mitigation obligations for 2014 and may default, according to a document seen by Reuters. The 138 companies covered by the Hubei exchange have to hand over carbon permits this month to settle their obligations fo...
Cemex announces projects with international organisations to protect natural sites
Cemex announced today a joint project with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Conservation International, and The WILD Foundation to promote awareness of natural sites of great relevance to all mankind. Iconic natural sites such as Galapagos Islands, the Okavango Delta, the Monarch...
Paraguay: INC expects to use up 20% biofuel
Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) announced that subject to satisfactory analysis results, the cement producer will be including biofuel in its fuel mix. A series of tests is currently being carried out by the Engineering Faculty of the National University of Asuncíon (UNA). Jorge Méndez Cuevas, CEO of INC, said the company could substitute fuel oil with up to 20 per cent biofuel.
Lafarge Tarmac achieves ISO 50001
Lafarge Tarmac has achieved the international energy management standard, ISO 50001, across its Cement and Lime division. It’s the first step in rolling the certification out across its entire UK business by the end of 2015, the company said in a statement today. ISO 50001 provides organisations with a framework to manage and improve their energy performance, while enhancing operational effic...
Lafarge Industrial Ecology signs two agreements to manage RDF platforms in Egypt
Lafarge Industrial Ecology (ECOCEM) has signed two major contracts to manage and operate existing refuse-derived fuel (RDF) platforms in Suez and Qalyubeya, Egypt. In an effort to continue its efficient waste management processes, the company has signed a 10-year agreement to renovate and upgrade the platforms in Suez, and another separate 10-year agreement to manage and operate the existin...