EPA approves Mungret alternative fuel licence
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally given the go-ahead to Irish Cement’s EUR10m plan in Mungret in Co Limerick, Ireland, to change its fuel burning practices. ...
Tyre Derived Fuel
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Golden Bay Cement completes waste tyre project
New Zealand-based Fletcher Building has announced the completion of its project at Golden Bay Cement, which will see up to 3m used tyres be used in cement manufacturing every ye...
Tyre burning project for Caribbean Cement put on hold
The coronavirus pandemic has halted a key project for Caribbean Cement Co to remove and incinerate between 1.5-2m tyres from the Riverton City landfill. A memorandum of understa...
Bilfinger targets cement industry emissions reduction
Bilfinger is supporting the US-based tech firm PRTI in bringing a technology to Europe that can help cement companies reduce their emissions. "Emission standards are getting str...
LafargeHolcim's Ravena plant to fight for waste tyre burning
LafargeHolcim has urged local residents near to its Ravena cement plant to defeat a new law that would prevent the cement company from burning tyres. Last week the company took ...
Super-objection could prevent Mungret tyre burning plans
Metropolitan councillors have approved plans for a joint submission against Irish Cement's Mungret plans to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Lafarge seeks approval for tyre burning plans
Lafarge Canada has applied for industrial approval regarding its plans to burn tyres as an alternative fuel for its Brookfield cement plant.
Irish Cement and local residents kept waiting on hazardous waste burning
An Bord Pleanála, Ireland's Planning Board, has said they need more time to decide on the planning permission granted to Irish Cement to enable it burn hazardous waste as a powe...
Petition bill submitted against Lafarge Brooksfield's tyre burning project
Nova Scotia's opposition New Democrats have presented a petition and a bill in the legislature calling on the Liberal government to ban tyre burning in the province. The party h...
Dioxin levels to be tested near Irish Cement's Castlemungret plant
Irish Cement’s EUR10m plans for its Limerick plant to substitute part of its fossil fuels for waste tyre burning is coming under fresh attack, as the Environmental Protection Ag...