Cement News tagged: Environmental
Breath of fresher air
Texas Industries Inc. has announced plans to idle four wet-process kilns. Among the company’s five kilns, only dry-process line will operate in the near-term.
Corrective measures underway at Riverside Cement
The Air Quality Management District (AQMD) says TXI Riverside Cement has made good progress in meeting the terms of a settlement stemming from air quality violations.
A UK£35m factory would turn rubbish into fuel
A UK£35m factory planned for a Warwickshire quarry would produce fuel made out of rubbish
China: CIWT In mutual cooperation agreement with Dalian Huaneng Xiaoyetian Cement
Dalian Dongtai industrial waste treatment company, a 90 per cent-owned subsidiary of China Industrial Waste Management (CIWT),
USA: Residents up in arms over UDOT cement plant
The Utah Department of Transportation’s construction of a temporary cement mixing plant on Wasatch Boulevard
Saudi Arabia: Human blockade of cement plant sites
People in an area of Muharraq are threatening to form a human blockade to prevent work starting on two controversial cement factories.
Indonesian plant could threaten natural springs
Members of a Javanese traditional youth group called Sedulur Sikep are concerned the planned construction of a cement factory by Semen Gresik in Sukolilo district, Central Java, could pose an environm
Riverside cuts desert pollution, US
The Riverside Cement Company has shut down seven, half-century-old kilns at its Oro Grande plant. In their place is a single, state-of-the-art kiln.
Cemex looking to build ‘green fuel’ production plant
Cemex has announced plans for a new UK£35m processing plant that would receive residual household and commercial waste and transform it into a sustainable ‘green fuel’, referred to by the company as C
Fauji Cement RDF project, Pakistan
Fauji Cement Company Limited (FCCL) has installed a Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) processing plant at a cost of Rs 300m.
Lehigh Cement deny signs of Catskill landfill pollution
A cement company says regular monitoring at an upstate New York landfill hasn’t shown signs of the pollutants an environmental group says are seeping into the Hudson River.
Update at Ravena cement plant to clean air
The Lafarge cement plant between Route 9W and the Hudson River was the greatest source of mercury emissions in New York from 2004 to 2006.
Hidd residents plan protest over cement operations, Bahrain
HIDD residents are planning a major demonstration tomorrow to protest plans for two new cement operations opening near their homes.
Canada: cement industry appeals for carbon tax relief
The new carbon tax in B.C. may be revenue neutral for taxpayers, but representatives of the concrete industry say the tax threatens domestic producers.
Group to appeal reopening of line, New Zealand
ONTRACK has given itself resource consent approval to reopen the Waiareka-Weston railway branch line
US green Building Council tours EPA-Honored cement plant
Members of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Southwest Virginia Chapter toured Roanoke Cement Company’s (RCC) Troutville,