Cement News tagged: Environmental
Suez Cement to invest €140m in a 120 MW Egyptian wind farm
Suez Cement (part of the Italcementi Group) plans to invest €140m (US$191m) in a 120MW Egyptian wind farm that plans to start operations by the end of 2013.
Ciments du Maroc inaugurates Laayoune wind farm
Ciments du Maroc officially opens its wind farm in Laayoune on Friday, 21 October, after it was first commissioned last July.
Italcementi’s EUR140m Egyptian energy investment
Nine leading international wind turbine manufacturers arrived in Hurghada over the weekend to take part in a site-visit organised by Italgen (Italcementi Group)
India’s Shree Cement receives sustainability accolade
Shree Cement has been recognised as a ’New Sustainability Champion’ by World Economic Forum (WEF), Switzerland.
Locals oppose proposed Lafarge plant, India
Ahead of the proposed visit of the Ministry of Environment’s (MoEF) appraisal team to conduct a survey
Cemex UK restores quarry into a nature conservation area
A Cemex UK sand and gravel quarry in Northumberland, UK has been progressively restored and
EPA cement factory rules are flawed, industry tells US Court
US rules meant to cut mercury emissions and other air pollutants at cement plants are too restrictive and
Adelaide Brighton counts the cost of new carbon tax
Adelaide Brighton Cement’s chief executive Mark Chellew said the Australian government’s decision to
Ste Genevieve wins second Energy Star award
Holcim (US) Inc announced that its Ste. Genevieve plant in Missouri has earned the US Environmental
Bim Son Cement to build waste heat power plant
Bim Son Cement JSC (BCC) has decided to invest over VND570bn (US$27.4m) in building a waste
ETS: new entrants and closures guidance published
On 14 September 2011, the final version of Guidance Document n°7 (GD7) on New Entrants and Closures was published.
US House clears bill to review EPA cement rule
The US House of Representatives on 6 October 2011 approved legislation that would require the
Phoenix Cement awarded Energy Star, USA
For the fifth consecutive year, Phoenix Cement has received the US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star label.
Lafarge renews partnership with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Lafarge has renewed its partnership with technological university Ecole des Ponts ParisTech for another five
Pennsylvania fines Hercules Cement Co for environmental violations, USA
Hercules Cement Co will pay a US$31,394 fine for sulfur dioxide emissions violations and data
Akçansa opens waste heat recovery unit, Turkey
Turkey’s biggest cement producer Akçansa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, has opened a waste heat