Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Energy Panel Chief Pushes EPA09 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsUnited States: The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently demanded a private meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Mike Leavitt to press one point: He wants Ellis County, Texas, removed from a list of counties that fail to meet new air quality standards. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) has been an unabashed promoter of Ellis County, which is part of his district and home to three major cement plants. Leavitt said in an interview this week that he had... |
State lung unit joins foes of proposed cement plant09 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsCiting concerns about air quality, the American Lung Association of New York State Wednesday joined the coalition fighting St. Lawrence Cement’s plans to build a cement plant in Columbia County. St. Lawrence wants to close a 1960s-era cement plant in Catskill, Greene County, and build a US$320m plant with three times its capacity across the Hudson River in the City of Hudson and Town of Greenport. Compared with the old plant, the new plant is projected to reduce emissions of several pollut... |
Taiwan Cement sued over waste09 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsEnvironmentalists yesterday sued Taiwan Cement Corp for illegally discharging waste oil in Hualien, while urging the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to release a report on soil samples taken at the company’s factory. Before handing in their evidence to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, environmentalists and sympathetic lawmakers condemned what they called the EPA’s lax management of hazardous industrial waste. Chung Pao-chu , head of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Un... |
Cement plant applies for state grant08 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsQuick off the mark, The Holcim cement plant in Ellis County, Fort Worth has applied for a state grant to install experimental pollution control equipment and determine whether it helps reduce ozone-forming emissions that affect the region. The company announced Tuesday that it’s asking for US$2m to install the equipment. Once installed, the company would pay to maintain and operate the equipment, which would cost as much as US$2m a year, officials say. If approved, and if the pollution contr... |
New technology for cement08 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsScientists at the US Department of Energy¹s Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped develop a new technology that converts material dredged from the bottoms of harbors and waterways into a substance that can be made into construction-grade cement. The technology, called Cement-Lock, was developed in collaboration with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State of New Jersey, and other government and public groups. To ensure that the port can continue to service large conta... |
State regulators considering aid for cement kilns07 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsState funds could be available for use by some cement kiln operators to reduce air pollution if their plants are included in a federal non attainment area with Dallas and Fort Worth. A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality member said the goal would be reducing ozone-producing pollution in Ellis County. The proposal could be implemented if all or part of Ellis County is grouped with the Dallas-Fort Worth area when new federal ozone regulations go into effect. It calls for using state eco... |
Hebridean superquarry plan finally buried06 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsPlans to create Britain’s biggest quarry were scrapped yesterday, marking the end of Scotland’s longest-running planning dispute. The cement manufacturer Lafarge Aggregates said that it was withdrawing from the quarry project at Lingerbay on Harris and halting all outstanding legal action. The decision was welcomed by environmental groups which have been battling the "superquarry" plan since it was first proposed in 1991. Duncan McLaren of Friends of the Earth Scotland said: "This is a gr... |
Thai authorities to get tough01 April 2004, Published under Cement NewsAfter decades of failing to curb the dust from rock quarries and cement plants which blankets many parts of Saraburi province in a haze, the Pollution Control Department is planning tough new action. Two of the hardest-hit areas, Na Phra Lan and Kaeng Khoi districts, contain more than a hundred of the environment-damaging plants and are densely populated. The fine dust hangs in the air, obscuring visibility and posing a major health threat, especially to residents’ lungs. Despite a series o... |
UK – Environment Agency seeks views substitute fuel regulations29 March 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe UK Environment Agency has launched a consultation to seek views on proposed revisions to the way it regulates the use of substitute fuels in cement and lime production. The consultation document is the product of a review of the use of wastes as substitute fuels in cement and lime kilns worldwide, combined with evidence and experience in the UK. The Substitute Fuels Protocol as it is known details the principles and practices for substitute fuel use. The Agency is inviting commen... |
Jordan – No decision on petcoke use yet28 March 2004, Published under Cement NewsMinister of Environment Alia Bouran has denied reports that the government will allow Jordan Cement Factories Company (JCFC) to use petcoke in its cement production process. She added that the government has teamed with up with Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company to find alternative fuels that do not harm the environment or its population in the production of cement. Moreover, she pointed out that JCFC is already implementing a pollution control plan. Last February, the company earmarked J... |