Cement News tagged under: Environmental
UK – Court rejects superquarry plan05 January 2004, Published under Cement NewsPlans for a 600ha ‘super quarry’ at Lingerbay, Harris have received a setback for cement producer Lafarge as the Court of Session rejected the plans. The basis of the case relied on the permission for quarrying the site, granted by the now defunct Inverness County Council in 1965, which was argued as still valid despite the Scottish Executive ruling that the new quarry should not take up no more than 5ha. However, in their written judgement, the appeal judged stated that the original claim ... |
Spain – Cement plants burn 75 per cent of Valencia’s bonemeal05 January 2004, Published under Cement NewsThe region of Valencia, eastern Spain, burns 75 per cent of its bonemeal production in cement plants – the highest in Spain, according to local government representative, Rafael Blasco. The use of bonemeal as fuel for the kilns helps the region to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and to substitute traditional fuels. The success of this use of bonemeal has also meant that Valencia only dumps 1.7 per cent of its bonemeal output, in contrast to other regions where dumping rates are typ... |
China - Tibetan Goatian moved to protect air quality30 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsOne of Tibet’s major polluters, Goatian Cement, has been moved away from the outskirts of Lhasa into a deep valley at 30km distance. The high dust levels discharged from the plant have been cited as the key reason for the move, which comes with the clampdown on pollution in the area and has seen the closure of eight cement works and various other production facilities. Xu Mingyang, vice-chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government stresses the urgency and must to close down or move p... |
Sumitomo Osaka Cement to expand waste processing24 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsSumitomo Osaka Cement plans to spend 4 billion yen over a two-year period starting in fiscal 2004 to increase its processing capacity for waste products used as raw materials. The cement producer will construct dehydrated organic sludge processing facilities at its Kochi plant and add coal ash processing equipment to its Tochigi facility. The company will also build storage sites to handle more sludge and construction waste soil at the Kochi and Ako plants. Through the moves, the company pl... |
Chile – Corema authorises Polpaico alternative fuels burning18 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsCorema, the environment agency covering the Santiago metropolitan region, has authorised Cemento Polpaico to burn alternative fuels in its Cerro Blanco works, 38km north of the Chilean capital. The cement manufacturer, part of the Holcim group, will use alternative fuels such as industrial waste to fire the plant. The project is part of a US$10m investment plan that also includes plant optimisation. |
UK – SEPA calls Scottish companies for EMS sign-up17 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is calling Scottish companies to sign up for the remas project, a three-year study to examine environmental management systems (EMS) in the EU. Remas is led by the Environment Agency in England & Wales and co-funded by the EC Life fund, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency (in Ireland), and the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment Endorsing remas, Campbell Gemmell, CEO of the Sc... |
Europe – Cement Sustainability stakeholders make progress in wide range of issues12 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsThe latest Cement Sustainability stakeholder meeting, hosted by the Cement Sustainability Initiative in Brussels, was the scene for productive talks on many of the more complex issues surrounding the industry : alternative fuels, standards and emissions, monitoring and measuring. The value of building links to key international organisations such as the WHO, ILO, ICEM and the Global Reporting Initiative were also under discussion. The meeting was well attended by representatives of more ... |
China – Setting green limits to cool down expansion12 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsChina is considering a major campaign of environmental impact assessment in the fast-growing cement, steel and aluminium sectors to cool down excessive growth. “We will firmly close those enterprises that cannot meet the government’s minimum pollution emission standards,” commented Zhang Lijun, department director of the State Environment Protection Administration, at the closing ceremony for a three-year emissions trading pilot project between the Chinese environment agency and the US Env... |
Europe – European greenhouse gas emission trading scheme is ready11 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsEU commissioner and environment chief Margot Wallstrom said at a recent UN climate change conference : “The EU carbon market is now a reality. … The EU emission trading directive is now in force and will cover almost half of the EU’s carbon dioxide emissions from 2005.” The EU has been the primary force after saving the endangered Kyoto Protocol after the US pulled out and Russia has cited the effects on its economy for its reason to stay out of the agreement. However, many observers thin... |
World Economic Forum creates Global Greenhouse Gas Register09 December 2003, Published under Cement NewsAt the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Milan, Italy, the World Economic Forum announced it is creating a Global Greenhouse Gas Register to facilitate the disclosure and management by companies of their worldwide climate emissions. The new register will be developed in partnership with leading business and environmental organisations and is hoped to motivate voluntary corporate climate action. Companies participating in the Global GHG Register are as... |