Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Taiheiyo Cement upgrades to EMS ISO 14001:2004, Philippines26 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc (TCPI) has earned the distinction as the first cement plant in Cebu to implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) that has been upgraded and certified as having met the standards set in the new 2004 version of ISO 14001. Certification International Philippines, a Bureau of Product Standards accredited certification body and a subsidiary of British firm Certification International UK Ltd, issued TCPI the award recently, disclosed engineer Nilo R Yap, e... |
DOE assesses the use of energy at Holcim24 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe US Department of Energy recently conducted a three-day industrial energy saving assessment at the Holcim facility near Morgan as part of a national energy efficiency effort. Through no-cost assessments, DOE is working with major manufacturing facilities to identify energy- and money-saving opportunities, primarily by focusing on steam and process heating systems. The company operates 14 manufacturing plants and more than 70 distribution facilities. DOE’s teams have completed visits... |
Keystone Cement gets upgrade approval24 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsKeystone Cement expects to significantly boost production at its East Allen Township plant with a US$165m upgrade approved Monday by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The project entails building a new modern kiln and increasing the height of a smokestack to 300 feet from 213 feet. The improvements will allow the company to produce an additional 500,000t of cement each year, which represents a 62.5 per cent increase over existing output. "This is more geared toward productio... |
Broceni cement factory’s category A pollution permit extended23 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe State’s Environmental Bureau (SEB) has decided to extend Liepaja’s Regional Environmental Administration’s (LREA) issued category A pollution permit for "Cemex" Broceni cement factory. As reported earlier, the Environmental Protection Club (VAK) in March disputed the category A pollution permit issued by "LREA" to allow the Broceni cement factory to go from gas to coal burning. The club provided data that the burning of coal is poisonous to the environment. A representative from VAK, A... |
Proposal for largest brownfield scheme22 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsA proposal for the largest brownfield scheme in Northern Ireland was submitted this week. The application for a 153ha scheme in Magheramorne, near Larne, was announced by Lafarge Cement UK last year. An adventure sports facility, an eco-friendly village, nature conservation areas, international film and television studios, a heritage railway line and a visitor centre are all planned. David Lock Associates is the planning consultant on the scheme. |
Second Pollution claim against Giant16 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe United Steelworkers (USW) today announced that the Union has issued a second notice of intent to sue letter to Giant Cement Company, Giant Resource Recovery and their parent company, Giant Cement Holding, Inc. The USW alleges the companies failed to report the release of certain chemicals into the environment in 2002 and 2003 as required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA). "Our investigation of Giant’s environmental record, including review of the Risk... |
Cement manufacturers benefiting from reclaimed waste09 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is being harnessed to manufacture Australian cement in an initiative to clean up the image of one of the world’s biggest polluting industries. Flammable industrial waste, including oils, pesticides and chemical by-products, are replacing fossil fuels in powering high-intensity kilns at one of the nation’s biggest cement manufacturers. The process reduces greenhouse gas emissions by reclaiming waste that would otherwise go to landfill. Geocycle, a... |
Green Energy Benny Farm takes bronze05 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Green Energy Benny Farm project, developed by Montreal-based (l’Office de l’éclectisme urbain et fonctionnel) Pearl Poddubiuk et associés, Architects in partnership with the engineering firm of Martin Roy et Associés, won the Bronze prize at the global Holcim Awards in Bangkok, Thailand in late April. Last September, the team took home the Gold prize in the North American Holcim Awards, thereby qualifying for the global competition among the 15 best projects from around the world. This i... |
Cemex plans sand and gravel operations02 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsCemex is moving forward on its sand and gravel mine planned in Soledad Canyon, California, even as Santa Clarita officials continue their US$6m fight against it. Cemex expects to begin operating in the canyon in 2008 and could mine about 70Mt of sand and gravel over the next 20 years, with up to 600 trucks a day coming in and out. "We fully expect to continue the planning process and start the operations within the next two years," said Susana Duarte, a Cemex spokeswoman. In the first... |
Vulcan appeal is set for May02 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsAn appeal on an emissions permit granted to a South Valley cement manufacturer will be heard next month. The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board will hear an appeal to overturn its December decision to allow Vulcan Materials to operate a cement batch plant across the street from the Mountain View Community Center on Prosperity SE. On Jan. 18, the Mountain View Neighborhood Association, South Valley Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, Joaquin Altamirano, Julio Dom... |