Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Union Bridge— Lehigh Cement Co to reduce its mercury output by up to 40 per cent24 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsUnion Bridge plant manager Kent Martin said company officials have been in talks with the Maryland Department of the Environment for the past year, since an environmental group released a report citing the Union Bridge facility as one of the highest mercury releasers in the state. The US Environmental Protection Agency and MDE did not have standards for mercury releases from cement plants, but the EPA has been in the process of developing a limit over the past few years. The EPA is expected... |
Oregon weighs support for cement plant, US20 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is weighing whether to join an Eastern Oregon cement plant in asking federal regulators to ease proposed new mercury emissions rules. The fear is that the Ash Grove Cement Co. Plant in Durkee would have to shut down, eliminating 116 jobs, unless the rules create a special subcategory for it. DEQ air quality administrator Andy Ginsberg told The Oregonian newspaper the agency will support Ash Grove in seeking a subcategory in the proposed rule... |
Cemex and LA city, county settle on US$400,00019 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsLos Angeles officials say Cemex Inc. has agreed to pay $400,000 in fines for improper discharge of material at five of its Southern California plants. The city attorney’s office said Tuesday the company violated environmental laws by improperly discharging sand, silt, and other materials at plants in Azusa, Inglewood, Los Angeles, West Hollywood and Walnut. Deputy District Attorney Stanley Williams says the money will pay for fines, penalties and investigative costs. The court-approved... |
Higher sales and lower cost boost Tasek’s profit14 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsHigher sales and lower production costs lifted Tasek Corporation Bhd’s net profit by 32% YoY to RM17.4m for the second quarter ended June 30. The cement maker’s revenue grew to RM142m in 2Q from RM117.3m previously. For the first half of the year (1H09), Tasek’s revenue was up 21% to RM217.2m and net profit came in at RM30.9m versus RM28.2m previously. The board did not declare dividend in 1H09. The company said it expected to benefit from government spending of the stimulus packages for t... |
Cemex waste plant objection, UK13 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Rugby borough council looks set to dig its heels in over its opposition to Cemex’s plans to build its Climafuel plant behind its existing plant on Lawford Road In March the committee said it favoured the waste recycling plant being built at the firm’s works in Southam rather than on land known as Malpass Farm in Rugby. And after being provided with more information relating to the plant’s environmental impact councillors look set to stand by their objection. The committee... |
Dominican Republic: cement plant’s opponents take their case to the palace11 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsRepresentatives of 44 social, environmental and labor unions today asked president Leonel Fernandez to revert the concession to build a cement plant near the Los Haitises National Park (northeast), in a document delivered to the National Palace, read by the group’s spokesman Francisco A. Santos. They also ask the Head of State to abide by Decree 17-06, which seeks to preserve and improve the living conditions of the zone’s inhabitants. “Dominican society isn’t going to allow or forgive that... |
Cement plan to cut mercury emissions11 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsA cement plant in Carroll County that is one of the state’s top mercury polluters has agreed to slash its emissions of that highly toxic metal and of harmful particle pollution as well, state officials announced yesterday. Lehigh Cement Co.’s Union Bridge plant has voluntarily agreed to reduce its mercury emissions 80 per cent by March 2012, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. That would be a year earlier than the plant would have had to make reductions under new federa... |
’Green’ cement for carbon-negative construction11 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsA UK firm working to develop carbon-negative cement recently announced that it’s raised more than UK£1m equity funding. Cement manufacturing is currently highly carbon-intensive, making the global industry a major contributor to rising levels of greenhouse gases. The annual production of over 2.5bnt of Portland cement is already responsible for five per cent of global CO2 emissions, and cement volumes are expected to double by 2050. Novacem, a spinout from Imperial Innovations Group plc, s... |
Gresik to use bio-mass to fire energy, Indonesia10 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Gresik joins hands with Sindicum Carbon Capital (SCC), a London-based clean development mechanism project, to develop the use of alternative fuel in the company’s cement factory in Tuban, East Java. President Director of PT Semen Gresik (SG) Dwi Soetjipto revealed the use of renewable energy, such as bio-mass from paddy and hay, was part of the cement company’s strategic plan to create efficiency and be environment-friendly. According to him, the measure was also part of the implem... |
Votorantim takes part in popular housing project, Brazil07 August 2009, Published under Cement NewsConcrete from Engemix, Votorantim Cement"s concrete business, and Votoraço products from Votorantim Siderurgia (Steel) will be used in the construction of 1440 residential units as part of the federal government’s "My House, My Life" program. The project, which is located in São José dos Campos (SP), began in June and is being coordinated by the homebuilder Homex. The homes are scheduled to be handed over in December this year. They will cost from R$80,000 and may be financed entirely by the... |