Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Cemex included in UN Global Compact Stock Index12 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsCemex announced today that it has been selected for inclusion in the United Nations Global Compact 100– a new global stock index that combines corporate sustainability and baseline financial performance. “We are pleased that our sustainability policies and activities have been recognised in this way,” Lorenzo H. Zambrano, Cemex’s Chairman and CEO. “For many years corporations and investors have been looking for the positive link between responsible business practices and stock-market retur... |
Egypt: fuel supply problems cause Suez Cement to act07 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsSuez Cement has turned to wind power to help it meet its energy needs. The project at Gulf El-Zeit is part of the government's objective to output 7000MW or 20 per cent of Egypt's energy needs from renewable sources by 2020. The Gulf El-Zeit initiative will be able to supply one third of the energy Suez Cement requires, but is unlikely to surpass this amount. “The electricity supplied by the grid will be used in the crushing part, while in cooking you need flame and heat so electricity is ... |
Cembureau: cement sector should maintain carbon leakage status06 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsCembureau, the European Cement Association, has called for the European cement sector to maintain its carbon leakage status. In a statement released today, Cembureau responded to the Carbon Leakage Evidence Project report, recently published by Dutch consultancy Ecorys, which found 'no evidence for any carbon leakage' in the past two periods of the European Trading System. In relation to the European cement industry, the report – specially commissioned by the European Commission, DG Cli... |
Lucky Cement wins Green Supply Chain Award, Pakistan14 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's leading producer, Lucky Cement, has won the Green Supply Chain Award for its sustainable operations and logistics network at the 3rd International Shipping, Logistics and Supply Chain conference held in Karachi. The conference and awards were organized by the Publicity Channel with the support of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in acknowledgment of the companies that are making sustainability a core part of their supply chain strategy. Commenting on this latest acc... |
Batisoke secures loan for sustainable energy generation, Turkey07 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsTurkish cement producer Batisoke Cimento Sanayii has secured a EUR10m loan from local lender Akbank under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) facility to promote energy efficiency. The 7.5 year loan will be provided by Akbank under the Euro Turkey Mid-Size Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (MidSEFF) of the EBRD, Batisoke said in a bourse filing. The EBRD aims to support Turkish private-sector borrowers with this facility to implement mid-size renewable en... |
USA: conservation group eyes Davenport cement plant03 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsLos Altos-based Sempervirens Fund, one of several conservation groups to recently secure 8500 mountainous acres above the Davenport cement facility, formerly owned by Cemex, is interested in acquiring the plant site as part of an ambitious plan to permanently protect the sparsely populated, postcard-beautiful coastal mountains above Santa Cruz. The idea is in the very early stages, but Sempervirens Fund recently received a US$10,000 grant from the Center for Creative Land Recycling to furt... |
USA: Lehigh Cement may face new challenge to quarrying rights03 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Cement may face a challenge to its legal rights to mine on approximately 13 of 19 parcels of land at the cement facility and quarry located just outside Cupertino. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is hoping to overturn a 2011 decision by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors to allow Lehigh cement to operate on the land in dispute. Crucially the supervisors' decision means Lehigh is exempt from many Santa Clara County requirements for a discretionary use permi... |
Heidelberg updates on sustainability efforts18 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement has released its 2011/2012 Sustainability Report, highlighting topics and challenges for the German cement major in its drive for sustainable development. The new report, entitled "Foundations" also details the company's continous efforts and achievements such as reducing specific net CO2 emissions by 21 per cent and increasing its alternative fuels rate to 21.7 per cent. Sustainable business practices form an integral of the business activities “Sustainable business pr... |
Cimentos de Mocambique to improve air pollution control12 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsCimentos de Mocambique has signed a contract for the manufacture and installation of a filter to reduce the emissions from its cement factory in the southern city of Matola. The filter will be made by American company AAF and will be installed next year. According to CM spokesperson Sergio Bandeira, "protecting the environment and the health and well-being of the residents of Matola and the surrounding area was one of the first points on the agenda of the new management of the factory. We ... |
Tieling Cement Co improves dust control efficiency, China10 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsNF Energy Saving Corporation has recently delivered eight of its PPC128-2 air box pulse bag dust collectors to the Tieling Cement Company owned by the Northern Heavy Industries Group. The units form part of a contract awarded to the China-based energy saving services and solutions provider by Tieling Cement in April 2013 to retrofit the dust removal system on the cement producer’s 4000tpd clinker line.??The air box pulse bag dust collectors feature a dust collection efficiency (99.9 per c... |