Cement News tagged: Environmental
USA: proposed federal emission rule threatens cement plants
Two major local employers, Lehigh Southwest Cement Company in Tehachapi and CalPortland Cement in Mojave, are facing a stringent new federal emission rule that may be impossible to meet.
Hot recycling helps to cement a future
Industrial waste has long been a problem for the companies that produce it as well as the broad community, but one firm has taken the view that waste can be an asset,
Four Pakistan cement plants want Karachi’s solid waste for fuel
Four cement factories in Pakistan have offered to buy Karachi’s solid waste to use it as fuel for their plants.
US cement industry protests EPA’s proposal to regulate kiln emissions
Advocates for the cement industry in the US and environmentalists are facing off in hearings this week as federal regulators call for comment on new rules to limit emissions
USA: Lafarge, waste management set up landfill methane system
Waste Management and Lafarge North America will unveil a US$2m landfill methane fuel system Friday at Lafarge’s Tulsa Cement Plant.
Cement firm fined over dust fall
Cemex UK has been ordered to pay UK£33,500 in fines and costs after homes, businesses and vehicles in Warwickshire were covered in dust.
Mixing it up over cement plant pollution
A US federal crackdown on toxic air pollution from cement plants is generating blowback from the industry
EPA proposed cement kiln rules opposed by industry
A proposed hazardous air pollutant regulation for the cement industry undermines the balance between
EPA extends comment deadline for proposed plant rules
EPA is extending the public comment deadline to September 4, 2009 on a proposal to slash mercury
Lafarge UK looks to introduce waste fuel
Lafarge Cement UK wants to introduce waste-derived fuel to help cut escalating energy costs after a
Holcim waits on Environment Court for next steps on NZ plant
Holcim expects the NZ Environment Court to decide on its application to build a new cement plant near
Dominican environmentalists rally to block cement plant
Dominican environmentalists are rallying to block cement plant project which even if is found outside the
Cemex plant sets alternative fuels record, UK
Cemex’s South Ferriby cement plant in North Lincolnshire set a new record last month by replacing over
Portland to construct wind farms, Spain
Spanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas has chosen three sites to construct wind farms
National Cement plans nature preserve near Ragland, US
A planned limestone quarry near Ragland could come with a 140-acre nature preserve just upstream in St
EPA Reschedules hearing on proposed plant rules, US
EPA is rescheduling its May 26, 2009 public hearing to solicit comments on a proposal to slash mercury