Cement News tagged under: Environmental
USA: Tehachapi cement plant has one of nation's highest mercury emission levels15 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency has rated Lehigh Southwest Cement plant’s mercury emissions as the second highest in the USA. The Lehigh Tehachapi plant produced 872lb of mercury in 2010, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory data – the most of any cement plant in California and the second highest among all cement plants in the United States. Over the years, the mercury emissions have been a particular source of concern and contention. Historica... |
USA: Lehigh proposes land swap14 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsUnder a proposal with Lehigh Southwest Cement Co, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest around Lake Shasta could grow by about 246 acres. Lehigh Southwest Cement wants to swap about 78 acres of Forest Service land near its Mountain Gate plant for about 246 acres it owns near the McCloud arm of Lake Shasta. Jim Ellison, plant manager at Lehigh, said his company has been using the 78 acres for roads under permit from the forest service for power line access and other uses, he said. He s... |
Suez Cement bag filter project completed, Egypt09 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsEgypt’s Head of Environmental Affairs, Eng. Hossam Hegazy, accompanied by a number of senior officials from his ministry visited on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, Tourah Portland Cement Company (TPCC), a subsidiary of Suez Cement group of Companies (SCGC) to mark the completion of the project to replace the electrostatic filters in line eight with bag house filters. The project is funded partially with a loan from the Egyptian Pollution abatement Project (EPAP II) of EEAA.??Upon arrival, th... |
China considers tougher emission rules for cement producers02 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsChina's environment ministry is considering launching stricter rules regarding NOx emissions from cement plants, which, if implemented, could sharply affect the net profits of local producers. Chinese Vice Minister of Environment Protection, Zhang Lihjun, last month said during a visit to Anhui Conch, that he ministry plans to introduce stricter rules, the Shanghai-based daily reported. China had previously said it plans to cut the cement industry’s NOx emissions by 10 per cent by 201... |
Ash Improvement Technology and Sika alliance02 February 2012, Published under Cement NewsAsh Improvement Technology Inc (AIT) and Sika AG of Switzerland announced today that they entered a Strategic Alliance to develop products to help reduce the CO2 emissions related to the production of cement. As part of the agreement, Sika has also made an investment to take an equity stake in AIT. "Construction markets worldwide are demanding innovation for more environmentally sustainable cement and concrete. Sika is committed to deliver the best technology to the market to help our custo... |
Cemex waste fuel agreement, Mexico30 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemex has been using waste from Mexico city as part of its production process since last November. The company ships between 500tpd and 600tpd, a figure that could rise to 1000t soon, to feed Cemex's plants in the nearby city of Puebla, 150km east of the capital. The agreement between the Federal District (FD) city officials and Cemex came after the closure of the Bordo Poniente waste site, the largest landfill in Latin America, in December because it was full. This resulted in waste ac... |
WBCSD – quarry rehabilitation guidelines released27 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has released Guidelines on Quarry Rehabilitation which provides practical guidance for managing the impacts of quarrying activities and ensuring that environments are properly revitalized. Led by the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), the project was carried out by a group of member companies and is based on methods that they have successfully employed. Philippe Fonta, Managing Director, WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiati... |
Holcim files lawsuit over EUA theft, Romania27 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has filed a lawsuit against Romania’s carbon registry for damages relating to EUR1m allowances that were stolen from the company in a hacking attack in 2010, Reuters reports. The company said it had filed a EUR1m claim in November 2011m in time to beat a one-year deadline imposed by Romanian law. "We've filed a claim with Romania's national environmental protection agency," a spokesman with the company told Point Carbon News, adding that the company might revise the claimed amount of... |
Dyckerhoff Ukraine in alternative fuels initiative27 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsDyckerhoff Ukraine intends to use briquettes of household fuel as waste at its Volyn Tsement plant in Zdolbuniv, Rivne region. Ukrainian News reported the company’s head of ecology, Roman Naumenko, as saying that the alternative fuels usage will start by September this year at a cost of EUR2.6m. The waste will be sorted at a waste processing plant in Rivne and be delivered by trucks to the cement plant. It is expected that the new initiative will reduce production costs by 20 per cent. |
St Marys Cement to pilot new CO2 absorption system25 January 2012, Published under Cement NewsToronto-based Pond Biofuels is piloting a new CO2 absorption system at St Marys Cement, Canada. The new equipment will cut greenhouse gases by absorbing dirty stack emissions to grow algae which can subsequently be used in oil production, converted into biodiesel and bioplastics or act as a renewable coal substitute. “Algal biomass can produce the same amount of energy as the equivalent amount of coal, and can be refined to produce higher grade fuels such as diesel and ethanol among ot... |