Cement News tagged under: Environmental
USA: fight over ABQ cement plant comes to a head24 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsTonight the city of Albuquerque has scheduled a public information hearing to hear concerns about whether a North Valley cement company should be allowed to expand its hours of operation to 24 hours a day. Residents of the neighborhood surrounding the American Cement plant complain that cement dust from the plant covers their trees and yards, and clogs their swamp cooler pads, and they have been protesting the permit since it was first submitted over a year ago. But representatives for Grup... |
USA: proposed federal emission rule threatens cement plants23 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsTwo major local employers, Lehigh Southwest Cement Company in Tehachapi and CalPortland Cement in Mojave, are facing a stringent new federal emission rule that may be impossible to meet. Both plants fall short of the proposed standard for mercury emissions, but the Lehigh plant has a far greater challenge ahead of it to meet the demands of the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed standard for mercury is “very low,” said Kern County Air Pollution Control Officer Dave Jones. “Our p... |
Hot recycling helps to cement a future22 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsIndustrial waste has long been a problem for the companies that produce it as well as the broad community, but one firm has taken the view that waste can be an asset, if the right thinking is applied to the problem. Geocycle, located in Dandenong on the fringe of Melbourne, has emerged as the key player in the area and a potential signpost for the future. The company, a subsidiary of Cement Australia, sees its role as waste transformation, with potentially hazardous materials being turned ... |
Four Pakistan cement plants want Karachi’s solid waste for fuel22 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsFour cement factories in Pakistan have offered to buy Karachi’s solid waste to use it as fuel for their plants. However, none of these offers have been finalised yet, provincial local government minister Agha Siraj Durrani said. *Durrani said on Thursday: "Lucky Cement had requested the CDGK for use of solid waste as Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) being an alternate source of energy for its specialized plant. An agreement was executed with Lucky Cement for sale of solid waste at the rate of INR... |
US cement industry protests EPA’s proposal to regulate kiln emissions19 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsAdvocates for the cement industry in the US and environmentalists are facing off in hearings this week as federal regulators call for comment on new rules to limit emissions from the energy-intensive kilns that are core to the business. The regulations proposed by the Enivronmental Protection Agency would impose the nation’s first limits on mercury emissions from existing Portland cement kilns, bolster the limits for new kilns and increase monitoring requirements. The Portland Cement Asso... |
USA: Lafarge, waste management set up landfill methane system19 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsWaste management and Lafarge North America will unveil a US$2m landfill methane fuel system Friday at Lafarge’s Tulsa Cement plant. This alternative fuel system represents one of three that could hold the fate of the Lafarge plant, according to plant manager Jim Bachmann. Over the last two months, the companies installed a compressor station and pipeline to deliver methane produced from landfill decay to the cement plant less than two miles away. Bachmann originally estimated that waste m... |
Cement firm fined over dust fall18 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex UK has been ordered to pay UK£33,500 in fines and costs after homes, businesses and vehicles in Warwickshire were covered in dust. The dust fell on properties up to two miles away from the Rugby Cement plant in March 2007. Cemex UK admitted a charge of breaking its permit conditions in a case brought by the Environment Agency. It apologised for the incident which involved dust escaping from a silo. The Environment Agency said it received nearly 100 complaints when the incident happen... |
Mixing it up over cement plant pollution18 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsA US federal crackdown on toxic air pollution from cement plants is generating blowback from the industry, and an official with the company that runs a kiln in Union Bridge northwest of Baltimore warns that the plant may be unable to meet the new clean-air rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to require cement plants, among the nation’s leading air polluters, to reduce emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants by 70 to 90 over the next four years. In addition to cur... |
EPA proposed cement kiln rules opposed by industry17 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsA proposed hazardous air pollutant regulation for the cement industry undermines the balance between environmental protection and economic viability, according to statements the Portland Cement Association (PCA) is issuing this week at a series of public hearings. Last month the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced amendments to the national emission standard for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Portland cement manufacturing industry. It requires new emission standa... |
EPA extends comment deadline for proposed plant rules11 June 2009, Published under Cement NewsEPA is extending the public comment deadline to September 4, 2009 on a proposal to slash mercury emissions and other pollutants from cement kilns. The proposed standards would also set emission limits for total hydrocarbons and particulate matter from cement kilns of all sizes and would reduce hydrochloric acid emissions from kilns that are large hydrochloric acid emitters. |