International Cement Review articles tagged under : Environment
Behind the numbers
Phil Kerton looks at the CSI’s plans to record a cement plant database for emissions and energy consumption.
Protecting biodiversity
Tony Whitten explores a way forward in protecting biodiversity in and around limestone quarries.
Multi-component cements
Reiner Härdtl reviews the strengths and merits of CEM X multi-component cements, which incorporate more than one addition to cement clinker to reduce CO2 and overall clinker content.
MACT compliance: back to basics
Ducon Technologies describes how US cement plants can best ensure that they are MACT compliant.
Iraq’s sustainable development
Lafarge has introduced its industrial ecology strategy to its Iraqi plants and is now improving waste management. Oil waste and municipal waste are two areas where Lafarge expects to make headway.
Celitement – an alternative
OPC is seeing rivals that can be manufactured with less CO2, Celitement is one such product.
Cement under the EU ETS
An update on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme as Phase II draws to a close.
Sustained efforts
ICR looks at how the majors are reducing their environmental impact.
Threat or opportunity?
As the EPA introduces more stringent legislation, ICR considers the impact on cement manufacture.