Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Tvornica Cementa Kakanj environmental upgrade investment14 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsBosnia-based producer Tvornica Cementa Kakanj plans to invest BAM20m (EUR10.225m) to upgrade its facilities and improve its environmental performance. The investment covers the period from 2013 to 2018. This year alone, Tvornica Cementa Kakanj (TCK) plans to invest BAM5m mainly on modernising its cement mills and dust collection system, news portal Indikator.ba said, quoting the company’s notice sent to the Tuzla Canton. The country's leading cement producer is majority-owned by Dutch-b... |
Report: EU-ETS carbon leakage difficult to determine08 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsA recent study by Vivid Economic and Ecofys entitled ‘Carbon leakage prospects under Phase III of the EU ETS and beyond’ has considered whether the EU ETS leads to carbon leakage and found that it is difficult to determine whether carbon leakage has occurred as a result of the emissions trading scheme. The report, with a focus on the UK in particular, also examines which sectors are affected and the factors that determine the rate of leakage. “Nevertheless, in terms of cement production, ... |
Australia: calls for Adelaide Brighton Cement licence review07 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsAdelaide Brighton's Birkenhead cement plant is coming under pressure for tighter regulation on its environmental performance. Greens leader, Mark Parnell, says data provided by Adelaide Brighton to the National Pollutant Inventory shows big rises in emissions of oxides and dust. Mr Parnell said its emissions of sulphur dioxide alone have nearly trebled since 2009-10, according to a report on ABC News. This has prompted calls for the cement company to have its licence reviewed before it ex... |
Messebo Cement shifts to biomass usage, Ethiopia27 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsEthiopia-based Messebo Cement is establishing a biomass processing plant to help partly substitute imported coal usage in its manufacturing process, thereby reducing production costs. The new facility, which is 90 per cent complete, will use hay from sesame produced at Humera in North Gonder, Amhara region, 902km northwest of Addis Ababa. Mesfin Engineering will undertake the civil work and electromechanical works under contract from APEC, according to Hagos Berehe, project coordinator at ... |
UK: environment agency approves Cemex recycling plant13 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe UK Environment Agency (UKEA) has given the go-ahead for a solid fuel recyling unit to supply Cemex's Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire. Work is expected to start later this summer with recycling firm SITA UK set to run the plant, first proposed six years ago, on behalf of Cemex. Climafuel, as it the secondary fuel is known, is a solid waste-based fuel made from paper and cardboard, wood, carpet and textiles that cannot be recycled. The UKEA has said it would issue an environmental per... |
Continental Cement earns EPA Energy Star certification12 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsContinental Cement Company’s Hannibal plant has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star certification. "Continental Cement is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Terry Bennett, vice-president operations. "Through this achievement, we have demonstrated our commitment to environmental stewardship while also lowering our energy costs.” The US cement producer improved its energy performance by "man... |
Continental Cement earns EPA Energy Star certification12 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsContinental Cement Company’s Hannibal plant has earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Energy Star certification. "Continental Cement is pleased to accept EPA’s Energy Star certification in recognition of our energy efficiency efforts,” said Terry Bennett, vice-president operations. "Through this achievement, we have demonstrated our commitment to environmental stewardship while also lowering our energy costs.” The US cement producer improved its energy performance by "man... |
The Netherlands: ENCI to operate without licence until 1 August11 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe Dutch province of Limburg is allowing ENCI in Maastricht, The Netherlands, to continue operating despite the retraction of the cement plant’s licence by the country’s State Council last February. The step was taken to safeguard the direct employment of 150 staff and the indirect employment of a further 300. The State Council concluded that the impacts of cement production at the plant on two neighbouring Belgian nature reserves was insufficiently known. Following this report, the pr... |
Cemex Mexico recognised for its environmental strategy10 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex Mexico has been recognised for its achievements in the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and use of alternative fuels in its operations by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico (SEMARNAT) and the government of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. As part of the Greenhouse Gas Effect Program in Mexico (Programa GEI México), SEMARNAT granted Cemex Mexico the GEI-2 award for its progress in the management of GHG emissions and compliance with a verified invento... |
Holcim Mexico to implement biomass firing at Orizaba06 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Mexico plans to use biomass from the coffee, paper and brewing industries as energy source for its kilns. The initiative will help the cement producer to reduce its carbon footprint. The alternative fuel will be used from August onwards in its Orizaba works in Veracruz. “The reduction of the environmental footprint, which includes the reduction of CO2 emissions, is one of priorities in [Holcim’s] business strategy. The biomass programme seeks to increase the use of alternative ... |