Cement News tagged under: Environmental
UK: Greener version of cement30 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsBridgend firm Cenin, which is pioneering an environmentally friendlier alternative to cement, has ambitious plans to generate all its own power on-site. It is seeking planning permission for a wind turbine to add to its solar power facility at its base on the former Stormydown airfield. If approved it would be the first centre in Wales to generate electricity from mixed use of renewables at this level. Cenin was founded by entrepreneur, Martyn Popham, to commercially develop an award-winni... |
India: Odisha government asks NALCO to expedite new cement factory for the use of fly ash30 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsNALCO is to identify abandoned quarries and will undertake necessary surveys in these areas to improve the land use by using fly-ash to substitute soil and fill up quarrying voids, low laying areas, laterite mine voids etc. As a long-term measure for management of fly ash NALCO has been asked by the Odisha government to expedite the process of construction of fly-ash pipe lines and complete it by June, 2012. The guidelines of State Pollution Control Board will be strictly adhered to while tr... |
UK: Government calms carbon capture funding fears and counteracts rising power costs30 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsDepartment of Energy and Climate Change insists GBP1bn still available for pioneering projects despite earlier comments from the Treasury. The government was forced to reassure the carbon capture and storage industry on Monday after comments from the Treasury appeared to cast doubt on the future of GBP1bn funding for the technology. Danny Alexander appeared to suggest money set aside for CCS could be subsumed into general infrastructure spending. But the Department of Energy and Climate Cha... |
Apo Cement inks deal for solid waste management, Philippines29 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsNaga City Mayor Valdemar Chiong signed an agreement with the officials of Apo Cement Corp and FDRCON Company Inc for the local government unit’s solid waste management program that recycles biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes that can be used as alternative fuel for industrial production. The agreement aimed to strengthen Naga’s quest for zero waste status in compliance with Republic Act 9003 or the Solid Waste Management Law. The program took off with the completion last year of ma... |
Pakistan school wins Holcim award28 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Earthen School Tipu Sultan Merkez in a small village near Lahore, Pakistan, has won the Holcim Award Gold which comes with a cash prize of US$100,000. The school building, designed by architect Mr Eike Roswag of German-based Ziegert Roswag Seiler Architekten Ingenieure, was built with the locally-manufactured cob (clay, sand, water, and straw) and bamboo. It provides seven classrooms for underprivileged girls. The awards are initiated by Holcim Foundation which is supported by Holcim L... |
USA: Titan awaits verdict25 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsDuring the recent NC Division of Air Quality hearings several questions were raised that the local press say deserve consideration before an air permit is granted to the proposed Titan cement plant near Wilmington. To build the plant in North Carolina the owners originally stated they needed US$4.5m in incentive money from the state, but now the company is returning the money and it is understood that it will not have to go through the complete review process. Local residents are also que... |
St Marys Cement’s Facility in Canada secures ISO 50001 certification for energy efficiency25 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsSt Marys Cement’s facility located in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, has secured the ISO 50001 certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on 15 November 2011, becoming the first plant in North America to receive the rating. ISO offers the ISO 50001 certification to industrial facilities that monitor their energy consumption efficiently. The Bowmanville facility with a cement capacity of more than 1.8Mta operates round-the-clock, thus consuming huge amount of... |
Geocycle announces waste deal with Ford Australia18 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsGeocycle (Australia), the wholly owned subsidiary of Cement Australia, has joined forces with Ford Australia on a waste recycling project. Geocycle will process paint sludge from Ford’s Broadmeadows facility in Dandenong, Melbourne for use as an alternative fuel source to be supplied to Cement Australia’s cement production facilities. Chris Leon, Cement Australia CEO and Managing Director, said in an interview with Northern Star, Australia: “Through its wholly owned subsidiary Geocycle, Cem... |
Lafarge in top 10 of carbon-cutting UK companies17 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has ranked 7th in the UK’s first ever league table of ’green’ organisations. The roll, featuring more than 2,000 businesses, agencies, hospitals and government units, aims to show what progress is being made to cut carbon. Published by the Environment Agency, from information supplied to its CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, the table is expected to act as a baseline for future years which will also show overall CO2 emissions. Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, (LACUK) is the highest l... |
Siam Cement Group green investment, Philippines11 November 2011, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group (SCG) has invested 24 per cent in Green Alternative Technology Specialist Inc. (GATSI), which is engaged in the manufacture of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) in Rizal province of the Philippines. In a statement, SCG said it invested THB220m, approximately US$7.33m, in the GATSI project, which has a production of 128,000tpa of RDF. The facility is scheduled for completion in early 2012. SCG seeks to fulfill the vision of becoming an ASEAN sustainable business leader by 2015, an... |