Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Lafarge Egypt and Orascom in waste management deal20 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Egypt and Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a waste management framework of municipal and agricultural waste. The memorandum, signed by Hussein Mansi, CEO of Lafarge Egypt and Tamer el Mahdy, deputy CEO and chief operating officer, OTMT, has been created by the two companies in an effort to process large volumes of municipal and agricultural waste into alternative fuels to be used in th... |
PCA cautions on proposed EPA ozone regulations18 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to further tighten ozone standards could result in the loss of more than 45,000 construction jobs each year, slow the nation's economy, and impede vital infrastructure investments, the PCA cautions in a recent note. In comments filed to the EPA on Tuesday, March 17, PCA estimates that the cement industry alone would have compliance costs and plant closures that could lead to the loss of nearly 900 jobs. Cement manufacturing jobs are highl... |
HeidelbergCement and BirdLife International renew partnership18 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement and BirdLife International have signed an agreement to continue their partnership until 2017. The world’s largest aggregates producer and the NGO leader in nature conservation have been working together since 2012 to conserve and restore ecosystems in various European quarrying sites. In the next three years HeidelbergCement and BirdLife will further expand their nature conservation work from Europe to Asia and Africa. At the same time the partnership intends to broaden t... |
HeidelbergCement and BirdLife International renew partnership18 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement and BirdLife International have signed an agreement to continue their partnership until 2017. The world’s largest aggregates producer and the NGO leader in nature conservation have been working together since 2012 to conserve and restore ecosystems in various European quarrying sites. In the next three years HeidelbergCement and BirdLife will further expand their nature conservation work from Europe to Asia and Africa. At the same time the partnership intends to broaden t... |
Egypt: ACC to boost alternative fuels usage18 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsEgypt-based Arabian Cement Co (ACC) is seeking to utilise alternative energy to increase its capacity utilisation rate to 100 per cent, the company’s CEO Jose Maria Magrina told Daily News Egypt on the sidelines of the Economic Summit. The company is currently running at approximately 80 per cent of its capacity. Coal accounts for around 70 per cent of energy use, while alternative fuels represent 10 per cent including waste and biomass. Arabian Cement is currently working on the complet... |
Lafarge-Tarmac signs Cookstown waste fuels agreement10 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe UK's Environment Minister, Mark H Durkan, and Devendra Mody, Industrial Director of Lafarge Tarmac, on Saturday signed an agreement allowing the use of waste-derived fuels at the company's Cookstown cement works, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The plant, which employs 86 people, currently uses coal for approximately 95 per cent of its fuel source. The Prosperity Agreement will see Lafarge Tarmac substitute up to 35 per cent of its coal fuel usage with waste derived fuels and replace... |
Cement companies walking the walk in sustainability05 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsResults from an independent audit undertaken across the membership of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released today demonstrates that leading cement companies are improving their sustainability through the CSI collaborative approach. A total of 17 member companies were audited against their commitments and responsibilities set out in the Charter of the CSI, a global effort by 24 major cement producers with operat... |
Lafarge told to suspend operations in Slovenia over enviro permits05 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsSlovenian producer Lafarge Cement said on Wednesday that the country’s environment inspectorate has ordered the plant to suspend operations for lacking environmental permits. The inspectorate acted following a recent decision of the European Commission to refer Slovenia to the European Court of Justice for failing to issue an industrial permit to a major cement factory. The Commission is also asking for fines to be imposed. Lafarge Cement said in a statement on its website it will respe... |
Cemex recognised by CDP among top 10 for climate change transparency04 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsFor the third consecutive year, Cemex has been recognised in the CDP Latin America Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) as one of the top eight companies in data disclosure related to environmental and CO2 emissions performance. CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit organisation providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. The CDP has as its main objective to pro... |
Cemex recognised by CDP among top 10 for climate change transparency04 March 2015, Published under Cement NewsFor the third consecutive year, Cemex has been recognised in the CDP Latin America Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) as one of the top eight companies in data disclosure related to environmental and CO2 emissions performance. CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, is an international, not-for-profit organisation providing the only global system for companies and cities to measure, disclose, manage and share vital environmental information. The CDP has as its main objective to pro... |