Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Slag use at cement plant raises more air concerns15 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Holcim Trident cement plant near Three Forks, Montana in the US is drawing more criticism for its use of industrial waste, this time slag imported from a Canadian lead and zinc operation. The Montana Environmental Information Center says firing metals-laden waste from a British Columbia smelter raises even more concern about hazardous air pollution than does Holcim’s use of slag from an old smelter at East Helena. Holcim says buying slag, to get iron for cement production is cheaper a... |
Gosepa to Investigate Ashaka Cement13 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsNigeria: Gombe State Environmental Sanitation and Protection Agency (Gosepa) is to investigate Ashaka Cement Company over environmental pollution. Chairman of the agency, Alhaji Yaya Hammari in an interview with newsmen in his office said apart from Ashaka, the agency would also visit other companies. According to him, the essence of the visit by the Technical Committee of the agency was to ensure that communities around Ashaka and other companies were safe from pollution. "We have constitut... |
More pollution found near Detroit resort08 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe same highly alkaline contamination that forced sections of Little Traverse Bay shoreline in the Bay Harbor resort to close has been discovered in the water off Resort Township’s East Park. A recent discovery by the US Environmental Protection Agency suggests that corrosive seepage from historic cement kiln dust piles is contaminating a public area, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Thursday. The local health department closed two sections of shoreline within the private Bay Harbor ... |
Factory threat to cave system04 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s longest network of underground caves is in danger from a chain of cement factories the Meghalaya government has allowed to come up right above them. Chief minister D.D. Lapang got sucked into the controversy today with the Indian Bureau of Mines alleging that his announcement of an investigation was an eyewash. The jewel of the Lumshnong cave system in the Jaintia Hills is the Krem Kotsati, which measures 21.5km and forms a 35km-long underground formation. Environmentalists say th... |
Lagan switches to MBM fuel04 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsLagan Cement has welcomed a decision by Meath County Council, Ireland, to grant planning permission for a change of fuel use to allow it to co-fuel its kilns with Meat and Bone Meal (MBM). It said the use of MBM as a fuel source will significantly reduce net CO2 emissions levels, contributing beneficially to the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, required under the Kyoto protocol. Plant director Jude Lagan said: “We are pleased to have received this decision, which repres... |
Pacemco unveils new grinding concept29 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsPacific Cement Company, Inc. (Pacemco) in the Philippines is a two-time recipient of the Don Emilio Abello Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Award. Last year, Pacemco also became the fourth Hall Of Fame Awardee, and the only cement plant among the 2004 winners garnering 534,999 liters of oil equivalent (LOE), with a monetary savings of P6,419,988. Ever the innovator, the company re-engineered its cement grinding operations, employing the dual circuit system, which was the major facto... |
Holcim builds upon strong foundations29 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Philippines successfully completed the integration of its information technology (IT) system with the Holcim Asia Pacific IT cluster, through "Connect Philippines," a seven-month in-house project that successfully standardized the company’s information and reporting systems with the SAP or Systems, Application, and Products in Data Processing template developed by Holcim Services Asia. The new system enabled simple, streamlined, and more efficient communications between the Philippine... |
Factory town questioning illnesses29 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsCement factories have brought thousands of jobs and years of prosperity to Midlothian, Texas a thriving community of about 12,000. But environmentalists say the cement plants are also responsible for some of the worst pollution in the state as their high-temperature kilns pump out millions of pounds of toxic pollutants such as arsenic, cadmium, benzene and dioxins each year. "There’s no way we know what the effect will be of these thousands of chemicals on people’s health," said Jim Schermbe... |
Petron, Holcim forge partnership24 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsPetron Corp. recently entered into a memorandum of agreement with cement company Holcim Philippines for the processing of used oil and sludge from Petron’s customers at Holcim’s cement plants. The process recovers energy from materials that other companies would already consider as waste. The waste material may be used as alternative fuel in cement production, a manufacturing process which requires very high temperatures. Under the agreement, Petron will facilitate channeling of waste ... |
WWF and Lafarge Boost Environmental Agenda22 June 2005, Published under Cement NewsLafarge, the world leader in building materials and WWF, the global conservation organization have announced the renewal of their partnership following significant progress in reducing CO2 emissions, in improving quarry rehabilitation practices and the implementation of eight key performance indicators. This pioneering partnership was launched in March 2000 for a five year period and has been renewed for a further 3-year term. "Our partnership with WWF has helped us speed up the develo... |