Cement News tagged under: Environmental
PCA files briefs addressing challenge to EPA Rule, USA18 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Portland Cement Association (PCA) yesterday filed legal briefs with the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals addressing the cement industry’s challenge to the Portland cement national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP). The NESHAP rule was finalized by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in September 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 54970). It establishes new, very stringent standards addressing particulate matter, hydrochloric acid, total hydrocarbons and m... |
Pakistan increases use of tyre derived fuel17 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Pakistan cement industry is gradually shifting from coal to tyre-derived fuel generated by burning shredded tyres. Energy sector experts have welcomed this approach, however local producers say they are finding it hard to collect used tyres from local markets as no viable system exists in Pakistan for dumping and disposal of used tyres. “However, the imports are viable,” said one cement industry expert. He said that the cement manufacturers have substituted coal by importing rubber scr... |
Cockburn ordered to install new pollution control equipment17 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsAustralian cement producer, Cockburn Cement, will be required to install new pollution control equipment to reduce dust emissions from its Munster plant under tough new licence conditions imposed by the State Government. The new conditions, handed down today by Environment Minister Bill Marmion, come after months of growing discord among residents of Cockburn, who say they have been plagued by dust and odour emissions from the plant. The conditions include the installation of pollution c... |
Lafarge Cementos renews partnership with WWF, Spain17 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsJosé Antonio Primo, CEO of Lafarge Cementos, and Juan Carlos del Olmo, secretary general of WWF Spain, have signed the renewal of the Red Ibérica de Comercio Forestal (Iberian Forest and Trade Network – IFTN). With the new three-year agreement, Lafarge endorses the objectives of WWF’s IFTN initiative: promoting informed and responsible purchasing of forest products and their legal trade, improve the management of the world’s forests and support credible forest certification. The extension... |
EPA agrees to rethink parts of new cement kiln rules, USA16 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it will reconsider some aspects of its new standards on hazardous air pollution from cement plants, but it won’t delay the regulations as the cement industry had asked. Both cement companies and environmental groups had filed petitions asking EPA to take another look at the regulations, which will limit the amount emissions. In a notice signed by Administrator Lisa Jackson on Wednesday, the agency said it will look into s... |
Italcementi 2010 sustainability report11 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsIn its latest sustainability report, Italy-based cement maker Italcementi reported advances in energy efficiency in the countries where revamped plants were commissioned. Energy efficiency at its Martinsburg, USA, works benefitted from a new kiln system that replaced the former wet kilns, reducing its specific thermal consumption by 40 per cent and resulting in the reduction of its North American plants by 11 per cent. Further gains were made in Matera (Italy) and Yerraguntla (India). Group-... |
EU Carbon Tax to have limited impact on cement industry11 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission’s proposal for changes to the way energy is taxed is expected to have limited impact on the cement industry, according to Cembureau, the European association of cement producers. The proposal distinguishes between two types of tax: one based on the energy content of energy products (general energy consumption taxation) and a second type specifically linked to CO2 emissions related to the consumption of energy products. No amendments are expected to the general ener... |
Supreme Court reserves order in Lafarge case, India11 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Supreme Court has reserved its order over the contentious issue of resumption of mining operations by Lafarge in Meghalaya to supply the limestone to its cement plant in Bangladesh. A special forest bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia concluded the marathon hearing over the batch of petitions filed by local residents, company and other parties. The bench also asked the Center and Lafarge to file their written submissions before it by Friday. On 5 February 2010, the apex cour... |
Apasco enters tyre-fuel agreement with Nuevo Laredo10 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsApasco and the town of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, have agreed to shred over 400,000 waste tyres in an initiative that is designed to improve the local environment and provide Apasco with alternative fuel to fire its kilns. A US$1m shredder will crush 1000-1500 tyres per day rather than leave them in stockpiles or as waste along the streets of the city. The move will help to prevent outbreaks of diseases such as dengue as well as prevent unlawful and polluting incineration. ... |
Lafarge and Holcim plants in tyre agreement, Canada10 May 2011, Published under Cement NewsAs part of its plan to reduce tire waste in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL, the NL government’s Multi-Materials Stewardship Board (MMSB) has reached agreements with two Quebec cement manufacturers to eliminate a used tyre stockpile. Through the agreements, Holcim (Canada) Inc and Lafarge Canada Inc will remove the stockpile of used tyres within a two-year period. They will use the tires for tyre-derived fuel, an alternate fuel source. A tender for the transportation of the tires to Quebec wi... |