Cement News tagged under: environmental
Submissions filed against Lafarge proposal29 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsLake Ontario Waterkeeper and Gord Downie have filed an official submission to the Ministry of Environment recommending that Lafarge’s request to burn tires and other waste at its cement kiln in Bath be denied. Last month, Waterkeeper asked the government for more time to review the submissions, and the deadline for public comment was extended to April 2, 2006. The controversial incineration project is beginning to attract attention according to the opponents. Gord Downie, Lafarge’s close... |
ST St. Lawrence makes peace28 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsSt. Lawrence Cement Group Inc. has settled two New Jersey state court cases involving the company’s GranCem grinding facility in Camden, N.J. The cases centred on claims by local residents, primarily in the Terraces neighbourhood, about alleged nuisances of the SLCG facility and other local industrial operations. "We are pleased that these litigations are now resolved and look forward to maintaining sound relationships with the Camden community," stated Mike Davis, senior vice-president, U.... |
Cyprus piles up pollution credit28 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsTHE Electrical Authority of Cyprus (EAC) has produced several hundred thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide less than its 400,000t allowance and so it may now sell back the “pollution credits” to other companies in the European Union who have exceeded their assigned carbon dioxide allowances. These ‘emission trading rights’ reward companies that reduce energy consumption and that use non-polluting renewable energy sources by allowing them to sell back their unused emissions to other companies. P... |
WWF and Bamburi Cement in conservation effort27 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsVisiting World wide Fund for nature (WWF) Director General, Jan Leape has called on both the private sector and government to boost forests and woodlands conservation as part of the global agenda for sustainable development. Jan Leape was speaking at a cocktail party hosted for him by Bamburi Cement in Mombasa after touring Haller Park, Bamburi’s wastelands rehabilitation showcase. He suggested that Kenya and other African countries risked backsliding on the achievement of sustainable develo... |
Carbon Credits to float?27 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsCarbon Credits International is expected to float onto the UK AIM market within the next two months at around 45p and some analysts believe the company has potential to offer significant capital growth to investors over the medium term. Recent interest in green investment has seen a rise in the number of green funds looking for ethical, environmentally friendly companies to back. The ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in February 2005 has forced all major polluting companies to factor carbo... |
Fear over incinerator trial at cement works24 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsCampaigners fear Cemex’s UK Barrington cement works could be earmarked as a waste incineration site. Cemex UK Operations, owner of the works, announced earlier this month it was suspending an application to build the new plant at its site because of "uncertainty over the future of CO2 strategy in the UK." But now environmental campaigners fear the site faces a new threat. In July, Cemex will start a trial burning Climafuel, made from cardboard and plastic packaging waste, and environmental ... |
Terminal traffic fears23 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsAn extra 21,000 trips by heavily loaded trucks will be added to already congested roads around the Anzac Bridge each year if plans for a new cement terminal at White Bay are approved. The proposed A$32million terminal at White Bay wharf in Balmain, Sydney, Australia would distribute 500,000t of dry cement and would operate 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The planned facility includes a 30m-tall, 40,000t dome to hold the cement, a warehouse for extra storage and six silos to load ... |
Dunbar emissions control22 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsScottish Dunbar cement works has passed a milestone in its GBP 20m programme to reduce emissions and improve environmental performance. A pre-cyclone system has been commissioned at Lafarge Cement UK’s Dunbar works, which will reduce dust emissions below stringent new limits introduced last December in the European Union’s Waste Incineration Directive. The system is the first phase of a larger project to install a gas scrubbing system to cut the plant’s sulphur dioxide emissions. |
Deal with cement plant vexes environmentalists20 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsAn environmental group says it’s disappointed with a Laramie cement plant’s progress in replacing pollution controls despite an agreement last October that settled a federal air-quality lawsuit. The Biodiversity Conservation Alliance and Mountain Cement have not yet finalized a settlement agreement agreed to in principle nearly six months ago. Under the agreement, Mountain Cement was to reduce emissions from the plant by installing a baghouse on one of its two kilns within 18 months of a fi... |
Factory dioxin levels illegal, UK17 March 2006, Published under Cement NewsDioxin emissions from a North Wales cement factory were above legal limits, magistrates were told yesterday. Castle Cement, which operates a plant at Padeswood, near Mold, Flintshire, admitted nine charges brought by Environment Agency Wales. Details of the prosecution case were not presented to the court yesterday. At Flintshire magistrates’ court, Brian Greenwood, defending, said he was authorised to enter guilty pleas on behalf of the company. Magistrate Lady Janet Jones said a two-hour s... |