Cement News tagged: Environmental
Italy Italcementi, Egypt Sign MoU on Wind Farm Construction
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
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
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 (SCCC) is looking to reduce its energy costs by having EcoSiam, its waste management unit,
Sabanci Holding: Energy incentives for cement industry not wise
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
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
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
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release:
National Cement moves forward on plans for nature preserve
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
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”
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
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
Dragon Products’ cement plant, located in Thomaston Maine, has hit a safety milestone: 600,000 hours without a lost time injury.
Ash Grove Cement permitted to burn tyres
The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality announced that Ash Grove Cement Co has
Hima Cement given national park land
The government has given 450 hectares of land in Queen Elizabeth National Park to Hima Cement for limestone extraction, a move environmentalists say will scare away animals and birds and harm the tour
CO2 emission limits stifling Polish cement output
Cement producers in Poland warn that cut backs in CO2 emissions in the coming years will impede the ability of Polish cement works to satisfy domestic demand.