Cement News tagged under: Environmental
EPA fines Martinsburg cement plant US$1.5m22 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsMartinsburg cement plant, located in West Virginia, United States, has agreed to pay a US$1.5m fine for violations of the Federal Clean Air Act from 2013 through 2016, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA said in a news release that the alleged violations at the industrial site included: • Exceeding annual emission limits for total suspended particulates and fine particulate matter less than 10 micrometers in diameter. • Non-compliance with opacity testing, ... |
Geocycle opens alternative fuel facility in Ain Sokhna, Egypt22 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsEgypt’s Minister of Environment, Yasmeen Fouad, has inaugurated a new waste management and alternative fuel production plant, set up by Geocycle Egypt at Ain Sokhna in the Suez Governate. EGP200m (US$11.65m) was invested by Geocyle in the new factory, which is equipped with modern technology to produce 400,000t high-quality alternative fuel to replace diesel, mazut and gas currently consumed at the 8.9Mta Lafarge Cement factory near Ain Sokhna. Geocycle, a subsidiary of LafargeHolcim, is a... |
Republic Cement launch Kapit-Balay masonry cement18 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsRepublic Cement has developed a new cement called Kapit-Balay masonry cement at its Danao City plant, Philippines. The product is designed to meet demand from Cebu's construction industry for a more economical and environmentally-friendly masonry cement. Kapit-Balay masonry cement has a Type S high-strength optimised for ease of application and adhesion, where mortar masonry is required. This hydraulic cement is designed to be used for plastering, brick or block laying, and block filling wi... |
Tunisian cement producers sign new AF charter17 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsNine Tunisian cement plants have signed a new charter on sustainable development and social responsibility, which seeks to harness new energy and alternative fuels produced through waste recovery. "The industrialists of nine cement plants, signatories of this charter, will be led to use the waste and to valorise non-recyclable and non-reusable products as alternative fuel," said Samir Majoul, president of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA). Mr Majoul ... |
Loma Negra and Bridgestone enter water partnership15 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsArgentina’s Loma Negra and Bridgestone have entered a partnership to re-use in Llavallol, Buenos Aires province. Bridgestone will supply 200,000lpd of filtered water. The step will enable the cement producer to reduce pressure on the aquifer it uses to feed its plant. |
Kattameya plant burns biomass for the first time11 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Suez Cement Kattameya plant (HeidelbergCement Group) has used waste as alternative fuel (AF) in its main burner for the first time this week. The Kattameya plant’s team successfully burnt waste as an AF in the main kiln burner and reduced dependence on fossil fuel by around 10 per cent of the total fuel used. This is in addition to substituting 15 per cent of fuel in the calciner, resulting in a total thermal substitution rate (TSR) of 25 per cent. Therefore, waste and biomass burnt... |
Cemex Clinchfield earns ISO 14001:2015 certification09 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsCemex USA's Clinchfield, Ga, cement plant has earned ISO 14001:2015 certification for its environmental management system (EMS), making the plant the first Cemex cement operation in the United States to reach the high achievement. To earn ISO 14001:2015 Certification, the EMS at the Clinchfield cement plant follows a continuous cycle of environmental policy, planning, support and operation, performance evaluation, then improvement, the company said in a statement. "At Cemex, we op... |
Cemex Clinchfield earns ISO 14001:2015 certification09 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsCemex USA's Clinchfield, Ga, cement plant has earned ISO 14001:2015 certification for its environmental management system (EMS), making the plant the first Cemex cement operation in the United States to reach the high achievement. To earn ISO 14001:2015 Certification, the EMS at the Clinchfield cement plant follows a continuous cycle of environmental policy, planning, support and operation, performance evaluation, then improvement, the company said in a statement. "At Cemex, we op... |
Hima Cement to return illegally-acquired land in Tororo08 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsHima Cement Ltd has agreed to surrender back over 30 acres of land it illegally acquired in Mwello, Tororo, Uganda, according to The Observer. The company’s Managing Director, Nicolas George, said the company will ensure the residents will have their land returned. Earlier this week, Mwello residents petitioned the Justice Catherine Bamugemereire-led Land Probe Commission, accusing Hima of coercing them through its agents, Optima Mines Consultancy Ltd, into selling their land at a cheap pr... |
Cartes EIS draws calls for cave protection08 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsParaguay’s cave research association, Fepae, has called on the country’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development to protect the Risso cave in San Lazaro, Conception, in response to proposals from Grupo Cartes to invest US$180m in a cement plant nearby. The request comes following the publication of an environmental impact study (EIS) by Sociedad Calera Risso that includes the construction of an electrical substation and 66kV transmission line relating to the plant. |