Cement News tagged: Environmental
Holcim Philippines, lnc. scoops environmental award
Holcim Philippines, Inc. received eight awards at the Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference (ANSMEC) Awards Nights, including the highest honour for excellence in environmental management, safety and health, and social and community development. Holcim Philippines’s plant in Lugait, Misamis Oriental received the Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA), whil...
China: new Guangdong carbon market sees lively trade
The largest carbon market in China began yesterday with cement firms eager to take part in early deals. Anhui Hailuo bought 20,000 carbon permits from the new energy arm of power producer Huadian Energy Co. Debut trading on the China Emissions Exchange in Guangzhou went through in line with market expectations at CNY61 (US$10.04). Early trade on the Guangzhou market surpassed full-day total...
UK: Cemex quarry expansion gets go-ahead despite opposition
Cemex UK faces opposition to its plans to extend its Hyndford Quarry into a zone surrounding New Lanark, near the picturesque Falls of Clyde, Scotland. Campaigners opposed to plans to build a quarry next to the World Heritage Site have vowed to fight on after the scheme was given the go-ahead by planning authorities on the local council. The controversial scheme was passed despite opposition...
USA: Union Bridge plant earns EPA ENERGY STAR® Certification
Lehigh Hanson Inc's plant in Union Bridge, MD, has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) prestigious ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the facility performs in the top 25 per cent of cement plants nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. "At the Lehigh Cement plant in Union Bridge, we are committed to ...
Indocement’s Palimanan plant wins Gold PROPER rating
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa has once again been awarded a Gold Rating by the government’s Pollution Control, Evaluation and Rating (PROPER) programme, for environmental achievements at its Palimanan factory in Indonesia. The company's Citeureup and Tarjun factories, meanwhile, received the Green Rating. The awards were presented by Environment Minister of Indonesia, Balthasar Kambuaya to K...
Australia: Kandos Cement plant set to be dismantled
An application to demolish parts of the Kandos Cement Works will be considered at Mid-Western Regional Council’s meeting next Wednesday. The demolition would allow for the future use of the site, although some structures are said to have significant historic and cultural importance for the town. Cement Australia has submitted the application to demolish some structures, gut and fill voids bel...
US September shipments up 14% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in September 2013 were 7.9Mt, up by 14 per cent in September 2012, latest data from the USGS shows. Shipments for the year through September were up by about four per cent to 61.6Mt. The leading Portland cement-producing states in September were Missouri, Texas, California, Michigan and Florida, in descending...
Guangdong to launch carbon permits market
Guangdong, a heavily industrialised province in China, plans to launch a carbon emission trading scheme next month, which will be the world's second largest after the EU. The scheme to be launched in Guangdong, China's most populous province, will cap CO2 emissions from 202 companies at 350Mt for this year, the provincial Development and Reform Commission said on its website. At total of ...
Wildlife Habitat Council recognises Roanoke Cement for corporate conservation efforts, USA
Employees at Titan America, LLC's Roanoke Cement Company received international recognition for their contributions to conservation education at the Wildlife Habitat Council's (WHC) 25th Annual Symposium, Celebrating Corporate Conservation last week in Baltimore, MD. "Titan America is being recognised as an industry leader in corporate conservation," says Margaret O'Gorman, Wildlife Habitat ...
Helwan Cement Company launches new bag filter system, Egypt
Helwan Cement Company, a subsidiary of Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), has launched its new bag filter system to significantly reduce plant dust emissions. The filter will cut Helwan Cement Company's dust emission rates to a maximum of 10mg/m3, which is lower than current Egyptian and European legal standards, Bruno Carre, chief executive officer of SCGC, stated during an inauguratio...
PT Semen Indonesia announces waste heat project
JFE Engineering Corporation announced that it has started work on a waste heat recovery power generation project for PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, the leading state-owned company and the largest cement producer in Indonesia. JFE Engineering has also been entrusted for the feasibility study of the Joint Credit Mechanism (JCM) by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) on this pr...
Egypt: Suez Cement inaugurates Helwan bag filter
Suez Cement's latest investment in a state-of-the-art bathhouse for its Helwan Cement plant underlies the company's continued commitment to sustainable cement production. The opening of the baghouse was greeted by HE Mounir Fakry AbdelNour, Minister of Trade and Industry, Eng Mohamed El Sewedy, Chairman of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), Eng Tarek Tawfik and Eng Zaki Abdou Bassio...
USA: Ravena plant to be renovated
Lafarge has declared that it will spend several hundred million dollars to renovate its Ravena cement plant in Albany County. The revamped factory should be operational again by mid-2016, saving 112 jobs. State regulators, federal regulators and Lafarge all agreed to the timeline for the work. This is the first fixed timeline the project has had since it was unveiled five years ago when the re...
USA Holcim' Hagerstown cement plant to improve environmental performance
Holcim US Inc' s Hagerstown cement plant is to comply with a July settlement from the US Environmental Protection Agency, reports the local Herald Mail. The upgrade work will ensure that the plant meets pollution reduction requirements. Robin DeCarlo, vice president of corporate communications, said modifications to the plant have not begun yet: “We’re still ... in the design and engineering...
Malaysia: Merapoh state rejects ideas for cement plant
Cement plant plans in Malaysia's Pahang state are to lose out to an ecotourism project. The Pahang state government has promised that there will be no cement production plant at Merapoh, but will ensure a plan to convert the area to an ecotourism destination. Pahang Tourism and Culture Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sharkar Shamsuddin said they were now surveying the size of the area to be gaz...
Cimsa joins Cement Sustainability Initiative
Cimsa has joined the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), making it the first Turkish company to join the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) programme. Mehmet Hacikamiloglu, general manager of the Turkish cement major, stated that the company is looking to lead the sector towards a sustainable future while growing profitably: He said: “We are carrying out our works ...