Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Lyons plant enviro debate14 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsColorado Department of Public Health and Environment inspectors claim Cemex ran a faulty filtration system and allowed trucks to stir up dust on its property just east of Lyons based on observations from a June 14 inspection. Most seriously, inspectors claimed the plant burned coal in its cement kiln at illegally high temperatures throughout 2004, based on CDPHE-required data that tracks heat in the kiln. If substantiated, the charges could cost Cemex up to $15,000 a day in fines, CDPHE offi... |
Holcim’s Missouri plant11 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsConstruction of a US$600m cement plant that has been delayed for years by environmental lawsuits will get under way within the next six months, company officials said. Holcim said feasibility and market studies indicate there is a demand for 4Mt of cement the plant plans to produce annually at a site 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The company said its new plant will be the largest in the nation. Production is expected to begin by 2009. The plant, initially proposed in 2000, ... |
Cement firms ’must cut CO2 emissions’11 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsUK cement producers unveiled a report on how the industry must change to help reduce its environmental and socio-economic impact last week. The report by the sustainability task force set up by industry body the British Cement Association says that cement producers must work harder to cut emissions. Working Towards Sustain - ability highlights areas where the BCA’s member companies Buxton Lime Industries, Castle Cement, Cemex UK and Lafarge UK could help maximise the contribution ceme... |
EU action on sluggish uptake of pollution law07 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission is set to take action over member states’ slow pace of implementation on a key piece of EU environmental policy. Brussels is apparently unhappy that its 1996 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC) has not been fully implemented by Europe’s capitals. The IPPC directive aims to regulate and limit air, water and soil pollution from large scale industrial and agricultural operations such as cement factories, power plants and intensive livestock farmi... |
Alarm bells ring over cement plan01 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsLocal concern is growing about the impact of a proposed cement works expansion. Following a series of public exhibitions of plans by Cemex, owners of the Barrington quarry and works, householders have become increasing worried about its impact. The proposals include expanding the quarry, building a new plant area and a new tower. But ecology expert Dr Francine Hughes said it could damage the environment. Dr Hughes, a lecturer in ecology and conservation from Comberton, said: "It will damage ... |
CDM projects ’vital for Indonesia’01 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsEnvironmentalists and economists welcomed the government’s move to establish the National Commission on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a national authority to promote Indonesian CDM projects to the world. Former environment minister Emil Salim said the establishment of the commission would help push the business sector to take into account the social and ecological aspects of their activities aside from economic ones. "The existence of the (CDM) projects improve the weaknesses of mar... |
Mountain Cement Settles Environmental Suit28 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Mountain Cement Company in Laramie has agreed to put a filter on one of its kilns as part of a lawsuit settlement with environmental groups. The cement company, the Sierra Club and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance presented a settlement on Wednesday to Federal Judge Clarence A. Brimmer. A trial had started Monday in Brimmer’s court over the environmental groups’ claims that one of the cement company’s kilns violated air quality regulations. The company maintains that its operations... |
Cement plant air pollution trial opens26 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsBiodiversity Conservation Alliance’s lawsuit against the Mountain Cement Company began Monday with opening arguments by Biodiversity’s lawyers contending that the cement factory repeatedly violated its emissions permit. Mountain Cement’s attorneys countered that excesses of what is allowed by the permit were within the five per cent limit that the Department of Environmental Quality usually allows. In Federal District Court in Cheyenne, jurors heard arguments and the testimony of one of B... |
China gets tough on plant operations26 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina’s environment authority yesterday suspended operations at three plants and an expressway for violating the country’s environmental protection laws and regulations. "The projects should have applied for the checking of their environmental protection facilities before being put into operation upon completion of construction," said the State Environmental Protection Administration in a statement. However, in violation of laws, all the projects were put into production or trial operation ... |
Cement dust affects Ilang power barge25 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Philippine National Power Corporation (NPC) has reportedly threatened to pull out the power barge supplying additional power to Davao City because its engines is being destroyed by cement dust emanating from the Holcim Cement in Ilang. This was revealed by Majority Floorleader Prospero C. Nograles. He added that the House of Representative is set to look into reports that the cement factory in Barangay Ilang is violating environmental laws following such report. Nograles said he wou... |