Cement News tagged under: Environmental
New pollution checks at Lafarge Cement, Slovenia03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Slovenia reviewed on Thursday a report on the environmental permit of the LafargeCement plant in Trbovlje which PM Borut Pahor ordered in early November upon a protest from locals. The permit is in line with the legislation but new pollution checks will be carried out, Environment Minister Roko Zarnic said. According to Zarnic, the government cares for the health of the local population and will carry out new tests to establish pollution levels when the cement plant is ope... |
ACC Shuts West India plant on pollution control board03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s second-largest cement maker by capacity, ACC, has shut its plant at Ghugus in the western Maharashtra state, the Times of India newspaper reported Friday, without citing any source. The move comes after the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board asked the company to shut down the plant for violation of pollution control rules, the newspaper said. The plant has a production capacity of 0.9Mta and was commissioned in 1976, the newspaper added. |
Holcim Romania traces stolen EUAs03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsEarlier this week, Holcim Romania announced that on November 16, 2010 its CO2 accounts held within the Romanian National Registry for Greenhouse Gases were illegally accessed and that 1.6 million CO2 certificates, worth $19 million, were stolen. One million CO2 allowances were transferred to an account in Liechtenstein. Another 600,000 CO2 allowances were transferred to a company in Italy, which has account registries in Italy and the UK. Some seem to have been further transferred to accoun... |
DOH completes first phase of Lafarge study, USA03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe New York State Department of Health (DOH) has released its findings for the Public Comment Draft Phase One Report in its evaluation of the impact of the Lafarge Cement Plant emissions on community health. Sparked by concerns expressed by CASE (Community Advocates for Safe Emissions), the DOH, in conjunction with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is conducting a public health assessment on communities potentially impacted by the plant to evaluate whether the ch... |
EU’s CO2 permits missing from Holcim Romania registry02 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission said on Wednesday one million European carbon permits have gone missing from emissions registry account of the Romanian unit of Holcim due to a computer virus, Reuters reported. Holcim Romania has said on its website that its account with the Romanian national registry for greenhouse gases was illegally accessed on November 16 and 1.6 million carbon permits went missing. Subsequently, 600,000 permits have been traced but one million permits, valued by the company a... |
Proposed Portuguese plant plans ’incompatible’ with local area02 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe construction of a cement factory in Rio Maior, near the Natural Park of Serra de Aire and Lamps, Portugal yesterday received unfavorable response from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), issued by the Ministry of Environment. Plans by the project company Tecnovia are "totally incompatible" with the area’s environmental plan, according to report. Construction of the factory will have "negative environmental impacts, high and unacceptable", given its location at the site of comm... |
Catalan cement companies to reduce emissions02 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsCatalan cement companies have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions by at least 1Mt by 2015 with the replacement of fossil fuels in their activity and recovery of waste in the plants, to comply with the Kyoto protocol. The general board of the The Environmental Quality of the Government and the Association of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia (Ciment Català) have promoted a voluntary agreement to reduce industrial pollution. The cement companies will publish the information on emissions ... |
Phoenix Cement plant earns perfect energy efficiency01 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsSalt River Materials Group’s Phoenix Cement Company Plant in Clarkdale, Arizona, has achieved a perfect efficiency record for the third straight year. The cement plant was awarded the highest possible score of 100 on the Energy Performance Indicator (EPI) in 2008 and 2009 and has earned the same perfect score in 2010. This is the fourth year in a row that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® Label will be awarded to the Clarkdale Plant. “We have worked hard over the years ... |
Dominican Republic: Cemex warned on river pollution01 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsEnvironment Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal warned the industries that are polluting the Higuamo River in the province of San Pedro de Macoris that they are going to be held responsible, reports El Caribe (Oct. 20, 2010). He specifically warned cement company Cemex Dominicana, saying that if they did not take action they would face drastic measures. The Ministry of the Environment has a plan requiring all of the industries that are dumping waste into the Higuamo to install water a... |
Lafarge objects to EPA push for hard data on coal ash ‘stigma’29 November 2010, Published under Cement NewsLafarge North America, the largest cement supplier in the United States and Canada, is objecting to EPA’s insistence in its proposal to issue first-time Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) rules for coal ash that industry provide hard data to support its concerns that a hazardous waste designation will stigmatise beneficial reuse of coal ash in cement and other products. The company has comments on the proposed rule rejects EPA’s claim that "parties fearing a ’stigma’ have some burd... |