Cement News tagged under: Environmental
US House clears bill to review EPA cement rule07 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe US House of Representatives on 6 October 2011 approved legislation that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to revisit its cement emissions regulation. The legislation cleared the House by a bipartisan 262-161 vote. The legislation, the Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act (HR 2681) would require the EPA to scrap its existing cement emissions regulation, which is set to go into effect in September 2013, and develop new requirements using more realistically achievable techno... |
Phoenix Cement awarded Energy Star, USA06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsFor the fifth consecutive year, Phoenix Cement has received the US Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star label. Based in Arizona and part of the Salt River Materials Group, the cement company achieved its first label in 2007 with a score of 97 and since then has earned a perfect score of 100 each year. To qualify for the ENERGY STAR label, a plant must score at least 75 and have a three-year history of environmental compliance. The EPA made the standards for the label tougher in 2011... |
Lafarge renews partnership with Ecole des Ponts ParisTech06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has renewed its partnership with technological university Ecole des Ponts ParisTech for another five years. The partnership focuses on the development of Materials Science for Sustainable Construction teaching and research chair. Abstracted from an original article in Le Figaro. |
Pennsylvania fines Hercules Cement Co for environmental violations, USA06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsHercules Cement Co will pay a US$31,394 fine for sulfur dioxide emissions violations and data availability problems at its facility in Stockertown, Northampton County, according to a consent order and agreement announced today by the Department of Environmental Protection. "Facilities that emit air pollutants, like sulphur dioxide, must adhere to the permitted limits, which are designed to protect both the environment and public health," DEP Northeast Regional Director Mike Bedrin said. ... |
Akçansa opens waste heat recovery unit, Turkey06 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsTurkey’s biggest cement producer Akçansa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, has opened a waste heat recovery plant at a cost of nearly US$24m to generate nearly 30 percent of the total energy demand for the company’s cement plant in the northwestern province of Çanakkale. HeidelbergCement, the German partner of the company, is targeting more investment in the Turkish cement market, executives said during a Thursday ceremony at the plant. “This investment will generate approximately 105mkW i... |
Republicans take aim at EPA’s pollution regulations, USA04 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe House will likely vote this week on measures to delay or weaken Environmental Protection Agency rules reducing air pollution from industrial boilers, incinerators and cement plants. House Republicans leaders have taken aim at a new EPA rule that would require cement producers, incinerators and industrial boilers to reduce their mercury and other harmful emissions by 90 per cent. The rule is set to go into effect in 2013. Republican called on President Barack Obama today to urge the Dem... |
Heidelberg and BirdLife International biodiversity partnership04 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsToday, BirdLife International, a world leader in nature conservation, and HeidelbergCement launched a biodiversity partnership. The primary goal of this partnership, for which the global Memorandum of Understanding was signed on September 16th, is to further improve the protection of biodiversity at quarry sites in Europe, through collaboration with BirdLife at international, national and local level. The co-operation is initially scheduled to last three years. In the first year, a biodiver... |
ACC to substitute 5% of coal with waste03 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s ACC plans to substitute five per cent of its annual coal requirement of about 5Mt over the next three years with waste generated by cities and industries. The company aims to save INR60 crore in 2011 by burning waste, primarily plastics, at its plants. "We are currently working on disposal of city wastes. We are segregating the plastic wastes and then use it in our kiln. Plastic has higher calorific value, which is heat content, than coal," ACC Director (Energy and Environment... |
Indocement wins ’Indonesian Green Awards 2011’03 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has awarded the "Indonesia Green Awards 2011" to PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk for its participation in environmental improvement. Indocement`s Human Resources Director Kuky Permana," company spokesman Sahat Panggabean said the Indonesia Green Awards 2011 was by Bisnis&CSR Magazine and supported by the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia and La Tofi School of CSR. "The `earth inspiration award` is granted to numbers of compa... |
Cementos Alfa uses Nestlé waste as fuel to reduce CO2?03 October 2011, Published under Cement NewsCementos Alfa approved the use of waste produced by Nestlé as fuel, according to Fernando Zunzunegui, CEO of the cement company located in Mataporquera. Reporting to the Environment Minister, Javier Fernández, Zunzunegui said that such projects which are aimed at reducing costs are "vital to our business, like everything related to replacement of the fuel which we import from other countries, mainly from America, with fuels derived from waste we have in Cantabria". According Zunzunegui, t... |