Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Ste Genevieve wins second Energy Star award12 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsHolcim (US) Inc announced that its Ste. Genevieve plant in Missouri has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR for the second consecutive year. "It is very fulfilling to see Holcim’s commitment to protecting the environment recognized with this prestigious award two years in a row," said John Todd, Holcim Ste Genevieve plant manager. "I want to thank all Holcim employees for their motivation and hard work that drive our successful sustainability efforts." In addi... |
Bim Son Cement to build waste heat power plant11 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsBim Son Cement JSC (BCC) has decided to invest over VND570bn (US$27.4m) in building a waste heat-to-power plant with a capacity of 11MW in the central province of Thanh Hoa. Of the sum, VND85.518bn will be BCC’s private equity capital and the rest of VND484.604 will be bank loans, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said. The 1500ha facility is slated for operation in December 2013 to utilise waste heat discharge from BCC’s cement mill as input materials to generate electricity. The Ministr... |
ETS: new entrants and closures guidance published11 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsOn 14 September 2011, the final version of Guidance Document n°7 (GD7) on New Entrants and Closures was published. According to CEMBUREAU’s analysis, capacity rationalisation is not expressly addressed in the document. The last paragraph of Article 7.1. provides for rationalisation only in respect of changes in the types of products produced, using the same physical production line without any physical change. In this instance, Member States may decide not to apply the normal rules on pa... |
US House clears bill to review EPA cement rule07 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe US House of Representatives on 6 October 2011 approved legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to revisit its cement emissions regulation. The legislation cleared the House by a bipartisan 262-161 vote. The legislation, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act (HR 2681) would require the EPA to scrap its existing cement emissions regulation, which is set to go into effect in September 2013, and develop new requirements using more realistically achievable techno... |
Phoenix Cement awarded Energy Star, USA06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsFor the fifth consecutive year, Phoenix Cement has received the US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star label. Based in Arizona and part of the Salt River Materials Group, the cement company achieved its first label in 2007 with a score of 97 and since then has earned a perfect score of 100 each year. To qualify for the ENERGY STAR label, a plant must score at least 75 and have a three-year history of environmental compliance. The EPA made the standards for the label tougher in 2011... |
Lafarge renews partnership with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has renewed its partnership with technological university Ecole des Ponts ParisTech for another five years. The partnership focuses on the development of Materials Science for Sustainable Construction teaching and research chair. Abstracted from an original article in Le Figaro. |
Pennsylvania fines Hercules Cement Co for environmental violations, USA06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsHercules Cement Co will pay a US$31,394 fine for sulfur dioxide emissions violations and data availability problems at its facility in Stockertown, Northampton County, according to a consent order and agreement announced today by the Department of Environmental Protection. "Facilities that emit air pollutants, like sulphur dioxide, must adhere to the permitted limits, which are designed to protect both the environment and public health," DEP Northeast Regional Director Mike Bedrin said. ... |
Akçansa opens waste heat recovery unit, Turkey06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsTurkey’s biggest cement producer Akçansa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, has opened a waste heat recovery plant at a cost of nearly US$24m to generate nearly 30 percent of the total energy demand for the company’s cement plant in the northwestern province of Çanakkale. HeidelbergCement, the German partner of the company, is targeting more investment in the Turkish cement market, executives said during a Thursday ceremony at the plant. “This investment will generate approximately 105mkW i... |
Republicans take aim at EPA’s pollution regulations, USA04 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe House will likely vote this week on measures to delay or weaken Environmental Protection Agency rules reducing air pollution from industrial boilers, incinerators and cement plants. House Republicans leaders have taken aim at a new EPA rule that would require cement producers, incinerators and industrial boilers to reduce their mercury and other harmful emissions by 90 per cent. The rule is set to go into effect in 2013. Republican called on President Barack Obama today to urge the Dem... |
Heidelberg and BirdLife International biodiversity partnership04 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsToday, BirdLife International, a world leader in nature conservation, and HeidelbergCement launched a biodiversity partnership. The primary goal of this partnership, for which the global Memorandum of Understanding was signed on September 16th, is to further improve the protection of biodiversity at quarry sites in Europe, through collaboration with BirdLife at international, national and local level. The co-operation is initially scheduled to last three years. In the first year, a biodiver... |