Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Ambuja Cements wins safety awards27 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements has won two national awards for safety at its Rabriyawas plant in Rajasthan. The company bagged the first prize for its good performance in industrial safety and was runner-up in the category, ‘Accident Free Year.’ This is for the second consecutive year that the plant has won the National Safety Awards, according to The Hindu Business Line. The awards have been instituted by the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1965. Ajay Kapur, CEO, Ambuja Cements, said safe... |
Continental Cement Co to upgrade clinker storage facilities27 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsContinental Cement Company LLC has agreed to complete a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at US$300,000 at its Hannibal (MO) facility. The SEP is part of a consent agreement with The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 in which Continental Cement has also agreed to pay a US$22,025 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act in 2007 and 2008. The project will see the replacement of the outside clinker storage pile with the associated material ... |
Continental Cement Co to upgrade clinker storage facilities27 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsContinental Cement Company LLC has agreed to complete a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) valued at US$300,000 at its Hannibal (MO) facility. The SEP is part of a consent agreement with The Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 in which Continental Cement has also agreed to pay a US$22,025 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act in 2007 and 2008. The project will see the replacement of the outside clinker storage pile with the associated material ... |
Taiwan Cement and Asia Cement to upgrade environmental equipment in China26 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsAnticipating stricter environmental regulations for cement producers in China, Taiwan Cement Co plans to invest TWD700m (US$23.8m) to upgrade its NOx and SOx abatement equipment, while Asia Cement is considering the same step. Taiwan Cement International Holdings Ltd. has started installing new equipment in its Chongqing plant, aiming to decrease NOx emissions by 60 per cent, with the same works ongoing at the plants in Guizhou and other areas. According to an industry insider says th... |
Taiwan Cement and Asia Cement to upgrade environmental equipment in China26 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsAnticipating stricter environmental regulations for cement producers in China, Taiwan Cement Co plans to invest TWD700m (US$23.8m) to upgrade its NOx and SOx abatement equipment, while Asia Cement is considering the same step. Taiwan Cement International Holdings Ltd. has started installing new equipment in its Chongqing plant, aiming to decrease NOx emissions by 60 per cent, with the same works ongoing at the plants in Guizhou and other areas. According to an industry insider says th... |
Reliance Cement awaits clearance for new plant, India21 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsReliance Cement expects to start its first integrated unit located at Mahiyar in Madhya Pradesh, India by mid-2014. However, there may be a gap of six months at least for another one planned at Mukutban in Yavatmal district to get commissioned. The lag is due to a forest clearance being awaited for a part of the limestone mines in Mukutban from where raw material will be sourced. "The mines are divided into three parts. Stage 2 forest clearance is awaited for one-sixth portion of one of the... |
Enersource and Holcim (Canada) launch heat recovery project20 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsEnersource has assisted Holcim (Canada) in securing a financial incentive from the Ontario Power Authority of US$6.37m to support the development and construction of a waste heat recovery project at their Mississauga cement plant. "Projects like this are both economically and environmentally-sound," said Craig Fleming, President and CEO at Enersource. He added, "Conservation initiatives capitalising on renewable technologies help businesses become more economically sustainable."??"Holcim ... |
Guangdong producers buy CO2 permits19 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsFour cement producers in China's Guangdong province have bought 1.3 million CO2 permits from the local government at CNY60/unit (EUR7.25), according to local press. China Resources Cement, Sinoma, Taipai and Yangchun Hailuo bought the permits in a bid to hedge their carbon exposure as they plan to expand cement production capacity by 25Mta over the next few years, newspaper 21st Century Business Herald reported on Tuesday. Under the Guangdong Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the biggest... |
Guangdong producers buy CO2 permits19 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsFour cement producers in China's Guangdong province have bought 1.3 million CO2 permits from the local government at CNY60/unit (EUR7.25), according to local press. China Resources Cement, Sinoma, Taipai and Yangchun Hailuo bought the permits in a bid to hedge their carbon exposure as they plan to expand cement production capacity by 25Mta over the next few years, newspaper 21st Century Business Herald reported on Tuesday. Under the Guangdong Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), the biggest... |
Kohat Cement plans waste heat recovery project, Pakistan17 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement producer Kohat Cement is planning to construct a 9MW waste heat recovery project (WHRP). Sources say the plant will reduce electricity dependency on the national grid by 38 per cent. Kohat is currently under negotiations with different suppliers, although the project cost and its timeline are as yet undisclosed. The company achieved YoY profitability 26 times higher with profit after tax (PAT) of PKR661m in FY12 compared to PKR64m in FY11. This was mainly due to improve... |