Cement News tagged under: Environmental
MP impressed by cement plant, UK16 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsRugby MP Jeremy Wright took a journey forward in time to find out what the future could hold for Rugby Cement and the controversial tyre-burning issue. After court hearings and much concern from local residents about the health implications, the Tory MP visited a cement plant in Staffordshire that has been burning tyres for 10 years as a substitute for coal, like Cemex is currently doing on a trial basis at Rugby’s plant in Lawford Road. And he said so far he has been impressed with ... |
South Africa to start burning tyres16 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsSouth Africa’s cement industry is to start burning tyres to fuel its kilns. The initiative is intended to diversify the industry’s fuel source and to help clean up SA, which is littered with millions of old tyres. The cost of the initiative will be borne by the consumer. Government, cement companies, tyre companies and nongovernmental organisations have agreed after six years on a solution to SA’s growing scrap-tyre problem. The tyres will be collected and made available mainly to the ru... |
Cement industry complains about CO² certificates15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Austrian cement industry is threatening to shut down its kilns temporarily if the price of legally mandated CO² certificates goes up too much. Peter Orisich, General Director of the Lafarge Perlmooser Cement Company and President of the Cement Industry Association, said the Austrian division of his firm would be likely able to get through this year on the freely distributed CO² certificate. However, he warned that the industry faces a huge growth spurt in the coming years and it is l... |
EPA requests info on dust disposal15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsFlorida Rock Industries Inc disclosed Wednesday that it received a request for information from the US Environmental Protection Agency about whether its subsidiary illegally disposed of construction materials during the 1970s. The probe concerns possible illegal disposal of cement kiln dust at the Jernigan Trucking Dump Site in Hillsborough County, Fla, by Florida Rock unit Florida Cement Inc. Florida Rock, based in Jacksonville, Fla, received the EPA request this month, the company sa... |
Rioclaro wins Lider Progresa prize15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsColombian cement company Cementos Rioclaro won for a fifth consecutive year the Lider Progresa prize for product quality, environmental management and social responsibility, it was reported on December 13, 2005. The prize is awarded annually by the Colombian environment agency CORNARE and the institute for development of the Antioquia province IDEA. Cementos Rioclaro is part of local cement group Argos, which has recently been authorised to merge its units Cementos El Cairo, Cementos del ... |
Eurocement to pay higher environmental levy15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Federal Service for environmental, technological and atomic supervision (Rostekhnadzor) has completed an inspection of Kavkazcement, Oskolcement, Savinskiy Cement Plant and Belgorod Cement on December 13, 2005 and would collect an addition RUR276.9m from the Eurocement Group, as the declared pollutions of the six enterprises had been understated significantly, Vedomosti reports. |
Indian industry launches enviro programs15 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe World Resources Institute (WRI) and the CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII – Godrej GBC) have announced a new national initiative to advance climate-friendly, sustainable enterprises in India. The new Green Business Initiative will launch two programs in India to advance sustainable enterprises and facilitate the development of corporate greenhouse gas inventories and subsequent investments in greenhouse gas mitigation projects. The initiative was launched during the Green Bu... |
Factory hopes to cement sewage deal13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsSewage could be used to power the kilns at Lafarge’s Dunbar works, despite concerns about the possible environmental effect. The processed sewage pellets are being considered for use in the Lafarge works, with large quantities likely to become available following a ban on their use at Longannet Power Station in Fife due to European legislation on waste burning. Lafarge have also announced that a UK£20m gas scrubbing machine is to be installed to cut emissions in half, in order to meet EU ... |
Fly ash should be treated as a resource13 December 2005, Published under Cement News"If people can be convinced that use of fly ash can reduce the time for making the concrete, provide more solidity and reduce costs, the day is not far off when India would be able to utilise all 100Mt of fly ash produced by it as building material." This was stated by Oscar Fernandes, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Youth Affairs and Sports and Overseas Indian Affairs at the inauguration of the two day National Conference on High Volume... |
DEP approves use of plastics at Lafarge plant13 December 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved an air quality plan for LaFarge North American Inc. Whitehall Township, to use certain non-recyclable plastics as a fuel supplement in its cement kilns. DEP issued the plan approval following a two-year review process that included a test burn and sampling regimen that the department developed and monitored to obtain data to determine whether emissions met all air quality regulations. “The entire testing and monitoring process... |