Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Business owners oppose cement plant29 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Committee for Responsible Economic Development and 177 area businesses have submitted a statement opposing St. Lawrence Cement’s proposed $350 million Greenport project to the governor, the state secretary of state, and the state Department of State. The group known as CREDO was formed in 2002 by Richard Katzman, president of Kaz, Inc., one of the largest private employers in Columbia County. Katzman, whose local factory is close to the site proposed for the new plant, has taken a promin... |
Ukrtsement asking for subsidies22 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe members of the Ukrtsement Cement Association are asking the Cabinet of Ministers and the parliament to grant subsidies and tax breaks to cement factories. Among other things, Ukrtsement is calling for introduction of preferential tariffs for transportation by the state-owned Ukrzaliznytsia rail transport administration of the industrial waste that is used in the production of cement as well as to stimulate the processing of industrial waste. The request states that the state budget for ... |
China to spend millions to curb sulphur dioxide emissions21 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina plans to invest 6.43 billion yuan (US$780m) to curb sulphur dioxide emissions spewing from the coal-fired power plants that are fueling its economic growth, state media said. The aim is to reduce emissions by 650,000t at 31 of the biggest plants, the China Securities Journal reported, citing the National Development and Reform Commission. It gave no timetable. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s coal consumption increased 13.6 per cent to 1.58bn tonnes in 2003,... |
Experts to look into Meghalaya cave row21 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsExperts from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Nagpur arrived in the city today to investigate the controversy over the destruction of India’s longest cave, Krem Kotsati in Lumshnong, by cement factories. In answer to a question by ruling coalition MLA P.T. Sawkmie, Meghalaya chief minister D.D. Lapang told the Assembly today that representatives of the IBM were in Shillong for an inquiry. He added that last month his government had requested the IMB to depute some experts to conduct the inq... |
Opposition to Hudson plant18 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsOpponents of the proposed St. Lawrence Cement plant in Columbia County released a list of 177 businesses that oppose the company’s plan to build a new plant in the Town of Greenport. The list includes 14 businesses based solely in Dutchess County. The others are from Columbia. The document the business owners signed states ’’the overall scale, design, location and impacts of the St. Lawrence Cement facility proposed for Hudson and Greenport pose too great a risk of harming the health, qualit... |
Cactus and horse manure – cement shares to plummet?11 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsOn a mesa close to the Mexican border a dozen men and women scooped up handfuls of mud and hurled them at the sides of a small adobe building. They stepped back, admired the sound and effect of mud hitting the wall, and reached for another helping. It bothered no one that the secret ingredients in the mud were prickly pear cactus and fresh horse manure that had been cold-brewed in a “tea” before being mixed with earth and straw. Rather than focusing on the upscale housing market in such p... |
Lehigh Cement agrees to pay cleanup costs10 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Cement Co has agreed to pay a US$90,000 penalty and will speed up the timetable for some US$55m in planned improvements at its Union Bridge plant, as part of an agreement with the Maryland Department of the Environment on complaints about dust and other air pollution concerns. A consent decree was filed yesterday in Carroll County Circuit Court, according to an MDE spokesman, after the department issued seven notices to the company for violations between mid-August and early December... |
Old cement quarry attracts 500m vistors10 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Butchart Gardens, located 13 miles north of cosmopolitan Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, is now in its 101st year of existence.In 2005, the 500 millionth visitor is expected to enter those gardens to the north, which have become Canada’s No. 1 most visited private attraction. The attraction hosts 1.3 million local and foreign guests annually. During October, as the Butchart centennial passed, Robin Clarke, great-granddaughter of founders Robert Pim and ecologist Jennie Foster Butch... |
Toxic emissions kiln is ready to restart09 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Padeswood kiln which was forced to close down because it was releasing too many dangerous dioxin chemicals into the atmosphere may be operating again by the end of the week. Castle Cement, at Padeswood, near Buckley, was served an enforcement notice last week by the Environment Agency. The notice forced the company to close the kiln until it could prove it could operate within the set limits for dioxin emissions. Works general manager Danny Coulston, who said the company volun... |
Rethink on cement terminal?09 March 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe US Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a proposed cement distribution plant on River Road Cincinnati would negatively affect more than a half-dozen historic properties in this West Side neighborhood.The corps said the plant proposed by Lone Star Industries would adversely affect the viewing corridor of the Gracely Drive Historic District - a stretch of land deemed eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The corps, along with Lone Star, has drafted an agr... |