Cement News tagged: Environmental

BCA welcomes consultation on substitute fuels protocol

04 February 2005, Published under Cement News

The British Cement Association (BCA) has welcomed the Environment Agency’s consultation document on the proposed revision of the Substitute Fuels Protocol (SFP)

Cemex embraces waste-to-energy program

02 February 2005, Published under Cement News

Cemex Costa Rica co-processed 4626t of waste from the beginning of the waste-to-energy project on July 25 through to the end of 2004, transformation manager Fernando Rojas told BNamericas. Of the 4262

Clear Skies Act will encourage emission credit trading

02 February 2005, Published under Cement News

The US Portland Cement Association (PCA) and its members support the Clear Skies Act of 2005 (S. 131), which was introduced by Sens. James Inhofe (R- Okla.) and George Voinovich (R-Ohio) on Jan. 24. T

Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre to Highlight World’s `Hotspots’

01 February 2005, Published under Cement News

Conservation International and Agrupacion Sierra Madre will present "Hotspots Revisited," the 12th edition in CEMEX’s conservation book series, at a special event at the Houston Museum of Natura

Councils asked to fund environmental monitoring

Councils asked to fund environmental monitoring

01 February 2005, Published under Cement News

UK town and community councils are being asked to fund independent environmental checks around Castle Cement‘s works at Padeswood. Castle Cement Liaison Committee, which campaigns against the firm’s n

Cement plant demolition goes on

01 February 2005, Published under Cement News

Two-story-high grey rubble piles now lay where Calaveras Cement Company buildings once stood along Pool Station Road near San Andreas.

Diamond Cement, Ghana, no pollution problem

Diamond Cement, Ghana, no pollution problem

28 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The Volta Regional Parliamentary Caucus has discounted media reports that the operations of Diamond Cement Ghana Limited (DCGL), was polluting the environment and endangering the lives of the people l

Tyres for Mexico

21 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Millions of used tyres from the United States are ending their days in Mexico, causing headaches for border communities faced with a growing disposal problem. The topic was a central theme as US and M

Slovak anti-chrome investment

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Slovak building materials producer Holcim (Slovensko) has invested nearly 4.2 mln Slovak crowns 9Euro108,800) in technology upgrade, it was reported on January 14, 2005. The new technology for cement

Cement company clears rubble from damaged roadway

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Victorville, California: While the latest storms destroyed swaths of Highway 18 and submerged others under dirt and debris, Mitsubishi Cement, after surveying the damage to sections of the highway abo

Expensive clean-up from pollution leak

19 January 2005, Published under Cement News

It may cost more than $45 million to clean up highly alkaline contamination seeping into Little Traverse Bay, Detroit from underground cement kiln dust piles on the property of Bay Harbor, says CMS En

Chromium VI in cement

18 January 2005, Published under Cement News

New UK restrictions on the amount of chromium VI in cement come into force yesterday, 17 January 2005. The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (COSHH 2004) will pr

Lehigh’s Union bridge wants new quarry start-up

18 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Almost 10 years after the Lehigh Cement received a mining permit from the state, the company wants to begin quarrying in earnest at its 700-acre tract south of New Windsor - provoking a flurry of acti

More EU industrial pollution guides agreed

18 January 2005, Published under Cement News

A forum chaired by the European Commission under the EU’s IPPC industrial pollution directive has agreed three new guidelines, known as "BREFS", on how to apply best available techniques (BAT) i

Blunt talking

17 January 2005, Published under Cement News

Among his first actions as the new chief executive of Missouri, Gov. Matt Blunt took a scalpel to the state’s environmental regulation agency.

Businesses will be socially responsible if it pays

14 January 2005, Published under Cement News

The winner of this year’s Guardian/Ashridge Business School MBA essay competition rejects any suggestion that companies are increasingly socially responsible. Corporate social responsibility may