Cement News tagged under: environment
Steady dust removal22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIn May 2012, construction work started on a new filter-type electrostatic precipitator (ESF) at Taiheiyo Cement Corp’s Fujiwara cement plant in Japan. The latest upgrade would improve the work’s environmental performance due to its superior dust collection efficiency compared to conventional electrostatic precipitators (ESPs). Suitable for treating higher-temperature gas, the ESF was commissioned in June and has been steadily operating since. Taiheiyo Engineering Corporation, Japan, takes us... |
Ambuja Cements wins safety awards27 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements has won two national awards for safety at its Rabriyawas plant in Rajasthan. The company bagged the first prize for its good performance in industrial safety and was runner-up in the category, ‘Accident Free Year.’ This is for the second consecutive year that the plant has won the National Safety Awards, according to The Hindu Business Line. The awards have been instituted by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1965. Ajay Kapur, CEO, Ambuja Cements, said safe... |
EU ETS: 2011 cement update19 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsCashing in on the lucrative EU emissions trading scheme has been a welcome safety net to many European cement producers during recent years of recession. However, the changes that will occur in Phase III of the scheme may see a drop in CO2 permit allocations by up to 15 per cent. Figure 1: share of EU surplus accumulated by company, 2008-11 Prices for permits for carbon dioxide (CO2) emission dropped by around 60 per cent in the 12 months up to mid-2012, at one stage passing be... |
EU ETS: 2011 cement update19 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsCashing in on the lucrative EU emissions trading scheme has been a welcome safety net to many European cement producers during recent years of recession. However, the changes that will occur in Phase III of the scheme may see a drop in CO2 permit allocations by up to 15 per cent. Figure 1: share of EU surplus accumulated by company, 2008-11 Prices for permits for carbon dioxide (CO2) emission dropped by around 60 per cent in the 12 months up to mid-2012, at one stage passing be... |
Continuous flue gas monitoring12 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsStricter emission legislation has increased the need for continuous emission monitoring. For cement producers, the high-temperature and high-dust environment in the kiln has presented various challenges in meeting this requirement. However, Spenner Zement Co of Erwitte, Germany, called in the help of Enotec to provide the solution to this particular problem. By Enotec, Germany. Designed specifically for the cement industry and featuring water cooling, a rotating device and automati... |
Zlatna's alternative05 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsLast year, Titan’s Zlatna Panega plant in Bulgaria successfully started up its new installation for processing alternative fuels and recovering energy to use in its clinker production process. The introduction of engineered fuels has helped the company improve its competitiveness and paves the way for future increases in alternative fuels usage. By Titan Bulgaria. Titan Zlatna Panega plant, Bulgaria The new alternative fuels installation at the Zlatna Panega plant is designed fo... |
Moving on to the next decade22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTen years after publishing its first Agenda for Action in 2002, the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) has launched its 2012 CSI Progress Report. Philippe Fonta, managing director of the Cement Sustainability Initiative, takes a look back at the cement industry’s progress towards delivering on this agenda and ahead to the changing business and social environment in which it operates. The CSI Progress Report Over a decade ago, a group of leading cement companies came together... |
Moving on to the next decade22 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsTen years after publishing its first Agenda for Action in 2002, the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) has launched its 2012 CSI Progress Report. Philippe Fonta, managing director of the Cement Sustainability Initiative, takes a look back at the cement industry’s progress towards delivering on this agenda and ahead to the changing business and social environment in which it operates. The CSI Progress Report Over a decade ago, a group of leading cement companies came together... |
Building on achievements06 August 2012, Published under Cement NewsIn its recently-published Corporate Sustainable Development Report 2011, Holcim tracks its progress in achieving its sustainability targets. For the company’s new CEO, Bernard Fontana, sustainable development remains at the core of the group’s operations worldwide. The need for energy security and cost reduction leads cement producers such as Holcim to consider a wider range of energy options Holcim’s current energy policies place the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) at th... |
Behind the numbers30 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Sustainability Initiative’s “Getting the numbers right” project has seen the creation of a sizeable and influential database on cement plant emissions and energy consumption, which has just been updated with 2010 data. Phil Kerton of CPK Consultancy, UK, takes a first look at some of the interesting values and trends that can be extracted from this important resource. It is the sixth year that the Cement Sustainability Initiative publishes data on cement industry CO2 emissi... |