Cement News tagged: Environmental
Germany – Industry voices objections over emissions trading plan
As Europe puts in place its emissions trading programme to put a cap on greenhouse gases, government announcements send waves throughout the region. After British industry voiced its concerns recently
Wait for Lafarge verdict
Residents in Westbury could have to wait until the end of March to learn whether the town’s cement works will be allowed to burn Recycled Liquid Fuel. Lafarge lodged an application to burn RLF f
Proposed cement plant is Maine concern
The attorney general of Maine has written a letter to Gov George Pataki expressing "strong concerns" about the proposed St. Lawrence Cement plant in Greenport. The letter from Steve Rowe, released thi
Union Cement looking at waste options
Union Cement Corp, Philippines has teamed up with government agencies in its quest to tap alternative materials such as used tyres, waste oil, solvents, sludge, resins, plastic, nonrecyclable paper, p
Cement makers slam government CO2 draft
The UK cement industry has criticised the government’s draft National Allocation Plan that identifies "ceilings" on CO2 emissions from cement as part of an emissions trading scheme. British Ceme
Egyptian Suez Cement to get $5.0m enviro grant
Egyptian cement producer Suez Cement will receive a US$5.0m grant from the National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB) to upgrade the filters of its cement plants, it was reported on January 26, 2004. The
Ireland - €10m environment-friendly blow to CRH
New government measures to make up to 25 per cent of all cement used in public projects more environment-friendly could deliver a €10m blow to CRH. Draft proposals
USA – Holcim moving closer to Genevieve works
Holcim Inc was granted a draft clean air permit by the state’s Air Pollution Control programme for its proposed works just in Genevieve County.
World – Global Greenhouse Gas Register launched at Davos
The World Economic Forum, currently in session at Davos, officially launched the Global Greenhouse Gas Register, developed in partnership with key international business and environmental organisation
UK – Government tightens emission abatement targets
The UK government has come under fire from industry after proposing a 16.3 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2008 when compared with 1990 levels
UK – Calls for reopening the Rugby-to-Stockton railway line
Lorry loads of clay from a new quarry at Stockton, Warwickshire, planned by Rugby Cement are causing
USA – Environmental award for Giant Cement
Giant Cement has received an environmental accolade of “exceptional pollution prevention and wildlife habitat results while mentoring others as community leaders in environmental stewardship”
Quarry rejection welcomed
Environmentalists have welcomed the rejection in court of an attempt to create Britain`s biggest quarry in the Western Isles. A French multi-national`s bid to excavate the so-called `superquarry` at L
Ireland – Meat and bonemeal problem addressed
A government committee has concluded that the co-incineration of meat and bonemeal (MBM) in cement production and electricity generation can provide the country with a safe and efficient means of disp
Spanish bonemeal
Valencia region, eastern Spain, used 75 per cent of the bonemeal made in the region as a fuel for the cement industry in the region, a representative of the Local Government, Rafael Blasco, said on Ja
Melon uses tyres
Chile`s Cemento Melon has begun using used tyres to fire its kiln no 9 at its industrial plant in Region V municipality La Calera, Melon communications manager Ignacio del Rio confirmed to