Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Malfunctioning concrete factory makes locals’ lives a misery30 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsOn days when the south wind blows, the clothes that villagers in Lower Chaqishi, in the northern Iraqi governorate of Sulaymaniyah, hang up to dry come in whiter than white. It sounds like an advert for washing powder. But the powder here is cement, and it coats coloured and white washing alike. Lower Chaqishi is barely a kilometre from Tasluja, Iraqi Kurdistan’s largest cement factory, capable of producing up to 2Mt when it was opened in 1985. "It wasn’t a problem at first," villager Ha... |
EU approves Spanish CO2 emission allocation plan27 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsSpain’s Industry Ministry said Monday that the European Union Commission has given preliminary approval to the country’s carbon-dioxide emission allocation plan. Spain’s plan, which covers the oil-refining, cement, steel, glass and paper and electricity industries, sets an annual CO2 emission limit of 168.2Mmt for the 2005-07 period. The Ministry said in a press release that a formal approval from the Commission is expected within the next couple of days. The Ministry added that the gov... |
Pollution ’severe’ in Rayong, Chon Buri27 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsClimate change, marine pollution and contaminated ground water are among the environmental threats that have severely damaged the livelihood of Rayong and Chon Buri residents, southern Thailand,according to a report by a local journalist in a recently launched book. Sompol Yostasak, editor of Sriracha newspaper, says environmental problems at the eastern seaboard industrial estate have been ignored by government agencies, which mainly focus on common environmental problems such as indust... |
Authority issues ultimatum to quarry’s owners27 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsAction could be taken to stop waste material being recycled without permission in a disused limestone quarry near Kidlington in the UK. Oxfordshire County Council is planning to serve a notice on Bride Parks (Oxford) Ltd demanding to know what is happening at the former cement works it owns near Shipton-on-Cherwell. John Duncalfe, the council’s team leader of minerals and waste development control, said Bride Parks had permission to bring material into the former quarry for stabilising some ... |
How to cement a working relationship24 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsBernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, the French cement company, says he has no option but to work with others to reduce the corporate impact on the environment. If the cement business is not a "real hazard" to the environment, he acknowledges that it is "a nuisance": quarrying the raw materials affects local communities and habitats and the kilns contribute 5 per cent of the world’s man-made carbon dioxide emissions. It is for this reason that Lafarge, the world’s largest ceme... |
Authorities pledge to protect arable land24 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsChina’s top land and resource authority pledged yesterday to support key projects while cutting down on illegal land acquisitions. Major projects focused on energy, communications, water conservation, urban infrastructure, education and national defence will be given the green light, a senior official from the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) said. The ministry will also back projects to develop the west and rejuvenate old industrial bases in Northeast China, said Land and Resources ... |
Four countries not ready for Emissions Trading24 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe EU’s Environment Commissioner, Stavros Dimas, has said that Greece, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic are not in a position to take part in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) starting on 1 January 2005. Nevertheless, they are due to begin trading CO2 allowances within a few days as all have already submitted draft National Allocation Plans (NAPs) to the European Commission – reports Cembureau’s informative Eurobriefs. A first written warning has been sent to Greece, ... |
Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction22 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe recently established Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction have been created to promote sustainable construction worldwide. Entries in the Awards are now open. Sustainable construction projects can be submitted for the Awards online until March 31, 2005 at www.holcimawards.org . The prize money for the five regional competitions and the global awards totals US$2m. The Holcim Awards are an initiative of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction based in Switzerland. Th... |
Algeria Societe des Ciments de Ain Touta Wins 2004 Quality Award22 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsAlgerian cement maker Societe des Ciments de Ain Touta has won Algeria’s 2004 national quality award, it was reported on December 21, 2004. The jury’s special award was given to local state-owned company Entreprise Nationale des Appareils de Mesure et de Controle (AMC) and to the GL2Z complex, which is considered one of Algeria’s most important natural gas liquefaction complexes. |
Misr Cement Qena Gets ISO 9001, ISO 14001 certifications22 December 2004, Published under Cement NewsEgyptian cement producer Misr Cement Qena has received an ISO 9001 quality management certificate and an ISO 14001 environmental management system certificate. The company’s cement output reached 1.4Mt in the period January to November 2004, exceeding the planned level, the company said in a report. About one million tonnes of cement were sold on the local market, while 400,000t were exported for some $11m. The output of Misr Cement Qena is expected to exceed the forecast for 2004 by about ... |