Cement News tagged under: Environmental
St Lawrence Cement Group Inc - Lauded for cutting greenhouse gas emissions30 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsSt Lawrence Cement is pleased to announce that it has been commended last week by Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator at the US Environmental Protection Agency for having achieved significant greenhouse gas reductions under the EPA’s Climate Leaders program. St Lawrence Cement was able to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 16 per cent from 2000 to 2006, surpassing its original target of 15 per cent four years ahead of its target date of 2010. St Lawrence Cement was a... |
Quarry plans spur questions about water29 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsQuestions about the impact of a proposed quarry expansion on the local water supply dominated a Richmond Township zoning hearing Tuesday night. Allentown-based Lehigh Cement Co. wants to use a limestone quarry on 206 acres it owns along Eagle Road in Richmond Township. It has not been quarried since the late 1980s. The land is in an agricultural zone now used for farming so the company needs approval from the township’s planning commission and zoning hearing board. Zoning board member Ja... |
HeidelbergCement plans EUR50m investment in Belgian Liege27 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement AG will invest EUR50m (US$66.4m) in the construction of a waste treatment facility and cogeneration plant at its Lixhe cement works near Liege, southern Belgium, Belgian daily L’Echo reported on March 23, 2007. The investment is expected to reduce HeidelbergCement’s power costs, which currently account for 25 per cent of the overall production costs in Lixhe. Currently, the group is in talks with a potential partner for the construction and equipment of the waste... |
St Lawrence Cement lauded for cutting emissions23 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe EPA has commended American Electric Power, St. Lawrence Cement and United Technologies Corp. for achieving significant greenhouse gas reductions under EPA’s Climate Leaders program. The companies also extended their commitment by pledging a second goal on measurable reductions. St. Lawrence Cement met its goal by reducing global GHG emissions by 16 per cent per ton of cement-type product from 2000 to 2006. St. Lawrence Cement pledged to reduce global GHG emissions by 20 per cent per ton... |
Slovak producers support efforts to cut CO2 emissions23 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsSlovak cement makers support efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and improve environmental protection in Slovakia. In recent decades, producers clustered under the Association of Slovak Cement Producers (ZVC) have invested hundreds of millions of crowns in the modernisation of technologies to lower CO2 emissions by over 17 per cent and energy consumption in cement production by 25 per cent to below 3,600 MJ per ton. ZVC chairman Karol Podhora said that Slovakia’s cement producers have fulfilled ... |
Taiheiyo Cement expanding waste recycling operations22 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement Corp is beefing up its waste materials recycling business as it looks to increase the profitability of its growing environmental business. The company will invest around 3 billion yen at its Oita plant to place a garbage incinerator ash processing facility into service in April. The new facility will be capable of processing 40,000tpa. When combined with the existing Kumagaya plant, this will raise the company’s annual processing capacity to 100,000t. The processing... |
Holcim Romania to invest EUR2.8m in environment protection in 200722 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Romanian unit of Holcim said on Wednesday it would invest some EUR2.8m (US$3.7m) in environment protection projects this year. "With the investments that we have made and that we will make in environment protection we aim to comply with a recent decision of the Council of Europe on the reduction of CO2 emissions and global warming and greenhouse effect prevention," Holcim Romania general manager Markus Wirth said in a statement. Holcim Romania spent more than EUR23.5m on enviro... |
US cement industry honors leaders in environmental improvement21 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsSix cement plants received special recognition for their commitment to improving the environment and their communities at the Sixth Annual Cement Industry Environment and Energy Awards, presented by Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine, at the Portland Cement Association’s Spring Meeting in La Jolla, Calif., on Mar. 19, 2007. The awards honor individual cement facilities that exemplify the spirit of continuous environmental improvement and support this spirit with ... |
Nine US states sue EPA over mercury emissions20 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsNine states in the US, along with several environmental groups, have sued the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for adopting a rule that refuses to regulate mercury and other pollutants from cement plants. The petition, signed by Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York was filed on February 16 in the us Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Environmental groups like Sierra Club, Downwin... |
Opposition grows against Holcim cement plant14 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsOpponents of Holcim’s proposed new cement plant near Oamaru are taking heart from Mighty River Power’s decision to scrap the Marsden B power station. They believe the government should be sending the same signal to Holcim as it did to Mighty River, that plants emitting huge amounts of CO2 are not acceptable. Waiareka Valley Preservation Society spokesman Rodney Jones says the proposed 1m tonne cement plant is now the largest greenfield CO2 emitting plant on the agenda in NZ. It would emit m... |