Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Experts discuss cement concerns, UK10 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsAn expert group has been established to discuss the concerns of the community near a Hanson Cement plant who fear a cement factory is linked to cancer, the BBC has reported. Residents will receive an update on an investigation into their concerns later. The investigation into concerns around the Hanson Cement plant in Padeswood was launched by Public Health Wales. At the second in a series of meetings, the investigation team will answer questions and give progress reports. Hanson has... |
Skyonic’s to open Texas Carbon Capture facility04 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsSkyonic’s plan to commercialize Skymine, a process that scrubs SOX, NO2, mercury, and other heavy metals from industrial plant exhaust and converts leftover CO2 into sodium bicarbonate, was just a glimmer in the company’s eye as recently as February. But this week Skyonic announced that it is opening a carbon mineralization demonstration facility at San Antonio-based Capitol Aggregates, one of the biggest cement plants in Texas. The plant comes courtesy of a US$3m DOE grant that also requi... |
Holcim permit to expand quarry in North Hungary revoked03 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsHungary’s National Inspectorate for Environment, Nature and Water has revoked an environmental permit that Holcim Hungaria Zrt., the Hungarian unit of Holcim, obtained to conduct a 90ha expansion of the company’s limestone quarry in northern Hungary, the civil environmental-organizations that appealed the decision to grant the permit informed MTI on Wednesday evening. Holcim Hungaria planned to increase capacity at the quarry by threefold to 1.8m tons per year in order to provide the raw ma... |
Novacem announced as a technology pioneer02 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsNovacem, the carbon negative cement company, today announced that it has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer for 2011. The Forum has extended the honour to thirty one visionary technology start-ups from around the world who are poised to have a critical impact on the future of business, industry and society. Stuart Evans, Executive Chairman of Novacem, will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2011. Novacem’s carbon negative cement... |
European Commission sets overall provisional GHG cap02 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndustrial installations included in the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) will see their greenhouse gas emissions provisionally capped at just below 1.927Bnt in 2013, when a new seven-year trading period starts. According to the European Commission: “For 2013, the absolute Community-wide quantity of allowances referred to in Article 9 of the Directive 2003/87/EC amounts to 1,926,876,368.” The average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States in accordance with the Com... |
Cemex sets new records of alternative fuels usage01 September 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe global challenges posed by climate change have always been a key issue for CEMEX, and the company is committed to applying its ideas, its skills, its technologies, and its determination to contribute to the development of a low-carbon economy. In response to the ever growing concern over the emission of environmentally damaging greenhouse gases – most notably carbon dioxide (CO2)– Cemex continues to expand its intensive use of low-carbon, cost-effective alternative fuels. ... |
Lafarge Hope award, UK31 August 2010, Published under Cement NewsWork to develop a new type of eco-friendly commercial flooring concrete has earned Hope Cement Works operator Lafarge an award. The firm was among the winners at the Green Apple Environmental Awards for its innovative Extensia low-shrink concrete - which is unique because it requires no supporting steel mesh and is 100 per cent recyclable. Jeremy Greenwood, managing director of Lafarge’s readymix, aggregates and concrete division, will receive the award at a ceremony to be held at t... |
Protests over proposed Adbri expansion, Australia25 August 2010, Published under Cement NewsBirkenhead residents living near the Adelaide Brighton Cement factory fear a “massive increase” in dust, noise and vibrations if a proposed US$50m expansion goes ahead. Adelaide Brighton flagged it was investigating options to increase its production capacity at the Victoria Rd plant, when the company announced its half-yearly net profit of US$68.8m to shareholders last week. News of the expansion came as a shock to members of the Adelaide Brighton Community Advisory Group. Hilton St resi... |
China closes factories as green deadline looms23 August 2010, Published under Cement NewsChina, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth. Beijing has pledged to slash China’s energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product by 20 per cent between 2006 and 2010, as the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter seeks to reduce pollution and clean up its environment. Official data suggest China is likely to miss the year-end d... |
Lafarge’s India-Bangladesh cement project remains frozen23 August 2010, Published under Cement NewsFour years after operations started Lafarge’s gigantic limestone mine in Meghalaya state, north-east India, is still at a standstill, pending a decision by India’s Supreme Court. In February the court ordered a temporary halt to mining, demanding the French firm carry out an additional environmental impact assessment focusing in particular on protection of biodiversity on the site and in nearby forests, and prevention of sediment dispersal towards the river. The shut-down is costing Lafarge... |