Cement News tagged: Environmental
UK Cemex improving its environmental performan
Cemex is now testing a form of processed household waste called Climafuel at its Rugby plant. Sustainability director Dr David Evans explains:
New EPA energy standards will increase plant efficiency
The first-ever energy-efficiency ratings for cement plants will enable those industries to cut energy usage, save money and prevent greenhouse gases
Anger over visit to German cement plant
Top officials from Rugby are travelling to Germany as part of an investigation into plans to burn household waste at the town’s cement factory.
Tyre and slag burning at Trident almost ready to start
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently released drafts of its long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement and air quality permit to allow Holcim to burn 1.13 million scrap tire
Villagers to get compensation
JP Cement has decided to compensate residents of Bhalag village for their loss due to dumping of debris from their construction sites into the village river, resulting in the flooded streamwashing awa
Swiss-Vietnam clean project
The first phase of a cooperation project on clean air between Vietnam and Switzerland was launched in Hanoi on August 8. The purpose of the first phase of the Switzerland-Vietnam Clean Air Programme i
California set to improve its environmental credent
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (along with the legislature) has a chance to make California a world leader in reducing global warming. The Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB 32, would place limits on ca
No to coal in Idaho
Gov. Jim Risch signed an order that essentially keeps mercury-emitting coal-fired power plants out of Idaho. "I have concluded that it is unwise and imprudent to opt into the federal mercury program,"
First Wallboard Manufacturer to Partner with GRA
USG was the first wallboard manufacturer to contract with GRA’s parent company, Gypsum Recycling International, to purchase reprocessed gypsum for the production of new wallboard. GRA’s fi
Enviro notice to cement factories
The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the State Government and two cement factories of Rewa district on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for causing water, air and noise pollution in 18 vi
Ha Long Bay not listed as in danger
Deputy Director of the Ha Long Bay Managing Board Nguyen Cong Thai who has returned to Vietnam from the 30th conference of the World Heritage Committee held in Vilnius, Lithuania, said on August 2 tha
Siam Cement unit to develop alternative fuel for industries, Thailand
Siam Cement Group is taking part in a government-backed project to develop coal-water mixture (CWM), a coal-based fluid fuel, and promote it as a substitute for imported fuel oil.
Rugby Cement warned over fuel burning scheme, UK
Owners of the Rugby Cement works have been warned they must prove a proposed fuel burning scheme is not not ’harmful’ to the town. About 100 residents and councillors attended a meeting at
Date set for cement firm inquiry, UK
A public inquiry is to be held into a cement firm’s plans to build a new site to dispose of its waste. Flintshire Council last year rejected plans by Castle Cement to bury dust from its multimil
Cement plants blamed for higher mercury pollution
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that, across the country, cement kilns are responsible for thousands of pounds of mercury pollution each year. Despite this, THE EPA has ignor
Collision course in Adelaide
Poor planning decisions are setting the scene for conflicts between residents and businesses placed too close together, the state’s Chamber of Mines and Energy says. The Newport Quays developmen