Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Lafarge wins bid with Nova Scotia supplier to burn tires at cement plants29 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Canada Inc. has reached an agreement with Nova Scotia’s Resource Recovery Fund Board for a supply of tires that would be burned at its cement plant in nearby Brookfield. But before the proposal can go ahead, Lafarge must get environmental approval from the Nova Scotia government. The Resource Recovery Fund Board Nova Scotia announced the deal on Friday, saying the use of scrap tires as an alternate fuel source is an environmentally sustainable way of dealing with waste. ``Recoveri... |
Cement protesters go to House of Lords, UK26 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsProtesters fighting for the closure of Rugby Cement have won a chance to put their case in front of the House of Lords. Rugby in Plume (RIP) has been granted appeal for its case to be heard, after the High Court refused to block tyre-burning trials in April 2005. The news comes just days after Cemex, who own the Lawford Road plant, officially put forward an application to the Environment Agency (EA) to use climafuel as an alternative fuel. A decision is also expected to be made in the nex... |
Cemex Joins SMEs Social Responsability Programme24 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsCemex has joined the programme for corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Under the programme, for three years Cemex will provide advisory services and credit to 10 SMEs in order to improve their competitiveness and help them expand abroad. Those companies will benefit in their operations from the expertise of Cemex in the field of distribution and marketing. The programme has a budget of $2.5m (EUR1.9m) and was co-developed by the University Ana... |
Fresh call to close down Rugby Cement19 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsUK environmental lawyers are asking officials to close down Rugby Cement - just days before a decision will be made into whether it should burn tyres. Specialist solicitors working on behalf of pressure group Rugby in Plume have once again alleged that the plant is in breach of planning permission, and have renewed their call for a complete shutdown of the Lawford Road base. The news comes just days before the Environment Agency (EA) is set to announce its decision into the tyre-burning c... |
Rugby Cement loses CO2 court battle12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsRugby Cement has lost a unique High Court challenge to scrap the limit of Carbon Dioxide it can emit. In what was regarded as a test case, Cemex - who own the Lawford Road plant - asked top judge Mr. Justice Sullivan to quash the Government decision to allocate a CO2 emission cap on its works. It also sought an order to stop the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) from re-allocating 343,838 tonnes of emissions from Rugby to another competitor. But the High Court ... |
Cement proposal denounced, New Zealand12 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe group opposing a $200m Holcim New Zealand cement plant near Oamaru has stepped up its campaign, releasing a series of information brochures. The Waiareka Valley Preservation Society says it will be fully represented at resource consent hearings and has engaged a legal team. Society chairman Dr Peter Rodwell said the group did not believe the claims from some that a majority were in favour of the project at Weston, about 5km north- west of the Oamaru town centre. "Rather, we b... |
Environmental groups file requests to appeal tyre burning at Lafarge Bath, Canada08 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsSome of Canada’s top environmental lawyers are among nearly a dozen applicants requesting to appeal the province’s decision to let Lafarge burn tyres as fuel at an eastern Ontario cement plant. Though the deadline to submit an application wasn’t officially until midnight Friday, the Environmental Review Tribunal, which oversees appeals, had received 11 written requests to appeal by 4:30 p.m. Sierra Legal Defence Fund, the Canadian Environmental Law Association and environmental lawye... |
Siam Cement to use energy efficient power generators02 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Plc (SCC), the country’s largest industrial conglomerate, plans to spend THB1.96bn on power generators to help reduce energy costs, the Bangkok Post reports. The company said the energy-efficient generators, with a total capacity of 33.5 megawatts, at three cement plants would achieve annual savings of 500 million baht. The generators with be installed at the company’s Thung Song plant in Nakhon Si Thammarat, and at the Kang Khoi and Ta Luang plants in Saraburi. The uni... |
Cemex to pay US$1.5m pollution settlement01 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Cemex-owned cement plant near Lyons must pay US$1.5m in penalties and beefed-up environmental monitoring as part of a settlement with Colorado regulators over air pollution violations spanning three years. The agreement, among the largest air pollution penalties ever issued by state environmental regulators, stems from allegations that the plant, owned by Mexico-based Cemex violated limits on dust emissions and operating temperatures at various times between 2004 and 2006. The plant ha... |
EPA could face legal challenges01 January 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe United States EPA’s recently released rule to control air toxics from cement plants includes a first-time notice of reconsideration that legal experts say may be unlawful because it could allow the agency to circumvent a court order that required the agency to issue the rule. An environmentalist also notes that the Clean Air Act provides no authority for EPA to self-initiate a reconsideration of its rules. If successful, EPA could employ the strategy in future rulemakings where it is r... |