Cement News tagged under: environmental
Italcementi receives social award15 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi achieved recognition for TX Active®, the photocatalytic active principle for cement products capable of fighting against air pollution, by receiving the Sodalitas Social Award. Italcementi was granted this prestigious honour in the category “Innovation - significant social and environment-friendly products”. “I am pleased to stress that this innovative outcome developed by Italcementi is the result of Italian research, said the company’s Chairman, Giampiero Pesenti. An important... |
Ghacem Briefs Parliamentary Select Committee15 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsGhacem Limited last week briefed a parliamentary select committee on Environment, Science and Technology delegation on the company’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) programme. The acting managing director of Ghacem, Mr. Graham Bell, disclosed that Ghacem was investing about ¢7 billion between 2005 and 2008 on HSE-related issues and that the investments would ensure Ghacem’s plants continued to comply with local and international standards as well as the company’s. Ghacem, he said, was ... |
Holcim Apasco co-processes more waste14 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsMexican cement maker Holcim Apasco has co-processed 1Mt of waste over the last 11 years to fuel kilns at its six cement plants, 90 ready-mix facilities and four aggregates plants, local news agency Notimex reported. The company processes the waste under strictly controlled conditions, Apasco stresses. Holcim Apasco has cut by 20 per cent its energy consumption by replacing non-renewable fuels. It utilises tyres, used car oil, solvents and paints, among others within its production process.... |
Lafarge to reduce emissions, UK09 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsLafarge’s Westbury works in Wiltshire, UK is installing new equipment to control emissions after breaching its permit conditions earlier this year. Lafarge was forced to take action after the Environment Agency served an enforcement notice in February. Two tyre-burning kilns at its plant in Westbury were found to have exceeded permitted emission levels of hydrogen chloride and oxides of nitrogen. The agency said it was now satisfied corrective measures were being taken. The company ... |
Anger over plans to burn waste at plant, UK08 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsCampaigners have hit out at plans to begin burning waste at the Rugby Cement plant - all the way from London. Waste could be transported from the capital and burned at the Long Lawford Road site as the part of the concrete-making process. Protesters have attacked the plans as a Victorian solution to waste disposal and say residents are being used as "guinea pigs". The plans were unveiled at a meeting attended by Cemex, councillors and representatives from Rugby Borough Council, Warwi... |
New fuel plans at Rugby Cement?06 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsPlans to launch a new an alternative fuel system at Rugby Cement Works have been greeted with dismay by plant opponents. Factory owners Cemex outlined plans to apply to the Environment Agency for permission to trial Climafuel at the Lawford Road plant at a meeting of councillors and interested parties last Friday (June 2). The company says the fuel, which will fuel its cement kiln and consists of household waste such as cardboard, textiles and plastics, will produce a ’solid, clean and... |
Cement plant to curb pollution, US05 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsMountain Cement Co. and two environmental groups have signed an agreement to install pollution-control equipment at one of the plant’s kilns. Under the agreement signed Wednesday, a US$5m baghouse must be installed at Kiln No. 2 at the plant south of Laramie. The company also agreed to pay the environmentalists’ legal fees. Mountain Cement President Stuart Tomlinson said he was glad to reach the agreement. "We’re always pleased to install new technology. We feel it’s good for the operationa... |
Rugby to trial household waste fuel02 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsRugby Cement in the UK wants to trial a fuel made from household rubbish which is hoped will cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 10 per cent. Cemex hopes to burn Climafuel, which contains paper, plastics and wood, in its furnaces to make cement. The Climafuel will be mixed with petcoke in the company’s kiln at the plant in Lawford Road, Rugby. The company estimates it could cut their use of fossil fuels by up to a third, cutting carbon dioxide emissions by up to 100,000tpa. "This has a do... |
Cement Association of Canada announces Lafarge award30 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Ontario Region of the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) is proud to announce that the Lafarge Canada cement plant in Bath, Ontario, received the Land Stewardship Award from the US Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine as part of the 2005 Cement Industry Environmental Awards which recognizes continuous environmental improvement. This North American award was presented at PCA’s Spring Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, April 2006. The Land Stewardship Award recognize... |
Taiheiyo Cement upgrades to EMS ISO 14001:2004, Philippines26 May 2006, Published under Cement NewsTaiheiyo Cement Philippines Inc (TCPI) has earned the distinction as the first cement plant in Cebu to implement an Environmental Management System (EMS) that has been upgraded and certified as having met the standards set in the new 2004 version of ISO 14001. Certification International Philippines, a Bureau of Product Standards accredited certification body and a subsidiary of British firm Certification International UK Ltd, issued TCPI the award recently, disclosed engineer Nilo R Yap, e... |