EPA settlement with Ash Grove Cement, USA
Ash Grove Cement Co has agreed to pay a US$2.5m penalty and invest approximately US$30m in pollution-control technology, the US Department of Justice and US Environmental Protec...
Emissions Control
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China to tighten NOx limits for cement industry
China's Minister of Environmental Protection is expected to issue a new tougher national standard on NOx emissions following public calls to reduce both emissions and excess pro...
Hima Cement to curb emissions, Uganda
Hima Cement Factory is about to embark on an environmental upgrade to improve emissions at its plant in Kasese district, Uganda. The cement producer is to begin a project in the...
ABB wins energy optimisation contract from CRH
ABB has recently won a contract with CRH Europe Materials to provide process optimisation solutions for 12 of its plants in Europe and the US. CRH is a member of the World Busin...
Lafarge completes trials for new generation low-carbon cement
Lafarge has successfully completed an industrial trial for Aether®, its new-generation clinker formulated for lower-carbon cements. The trial mobilised a team of around 100 peop...
Lafarge Mykolaiv completes environmental project upgrades
The Lafarge cement plant in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, has completed the overhaul of its filtering and electrical equipment to reduce its dust emissions and meet local regulation requir...
Minister visits Lafarge's Cookstown Works to see investment projects
Lafarge Cement welcomed the UK's Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster to its Cookstown works, Northern Ireland, on 7 December to see a range of significant investment projects wort...
UK consolidates impressive environmental performance in 2011
The UK cement industry today published its environmental performance results to the end of 2011 in a new interim sustainable development report. Building on its strong track rec...
Lehigh to invest in mercury reduction system at Tehachapi plant, USA
Lehigh Southwest Cement Company has announced plans to install a mercury reduction system at its plant in Tehachapi, California, USA. The plant will begin the installation of a ...
Holcim Liban’s emission reduction efforts, Lebanon
Holcim Liban has reduced emissions significantly over the past three years, according to company officials. The Daily Star (Lebanon) reports that does emissions from Holcim’s Le...