Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Lehigh Cement Co plans to meet pollution control requirements28 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsOfficials from Lehigh Cement Co say they are moving forward with plans to be in compliance with new air pollution requirements from the US Environmental Protection Agency, even though the requirements weren’t included in a permit renewal from the state, and it is possible Congress may limit the EPA’s ability to enforce the limits. The new air pollution standards are set forth in the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and ... |
Holcim Canada to launch Portland-limestone cement28 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsA new class of cement called Portland-limestone cement (PLC) will become mainstream in Ontario and Quebec. The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing recently announced that PLC is referenced in the Ontario Building Code (OBC). In Quebec, the Régie du Bâtiment approved PLC as an ’alternative solution’ to General Use (GU) cement. Holcim (Canada) Inc.’s cement plants in Mississauga, Ontario and Joliette, Quebec, manufacture PLC and have been supplying the materials for customer tr... |
Lafarge to launch the UK’s lowest embodied carbon cement24 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement has launched the UK’s lowest embodied carbon cement, Cemergi, in the latest in a series of investments. The launch of Cemergi comes as part of Lafarge Cement’s drive to support the construction industry in its use of more sustainable products, providing cost-effective solutions that respond to demand for more sustainable building materials. As a CEM III/A bulk blastfurnace cement, Cemergi is manufactured using traditional Portland cement combined with a minimum of 50% ground... |
EU steel, cement firms to sell US$8.6bm CO2 -Citi23 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe European Union’s steel and cement industries could raise EUR6.3bn combined by 2012 from the sale of excess carbon permits, Citi Investment Research & Analysis said in a note on Tuesday. Under the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the emissions of heavy industry and power companies are capped. They buy carbon permits to cover emissions exceeding the caps or sell them when emissions are less. In the industrial slowdown of 2009 and 2010, many industrial companies sold carbon permits... |
Arlington, Dallas to consider ending green-cement policies, USA22 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsArlington and Dallas will consider resolutions this week to end green-cement policies giving preference to manufacturers with the lowest emissions rate, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit with cement manufacturer Ash Grove Texas LP. While both cities say the proposed settlement would reduce nitrogen oxides by 10 per cent, environmentalists contend that the agreement would undercut efforts to force Ash Grove to close its three wet kilns in Midlothian, the last three left in Texas.... |
USA: Cemex seeks permission to test burn alternative fuels at Florida plant17 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsFrom corn husks and peanut hulls to carpets and roofing shingles, the owners of Cemex’s Brooksville South cement plant are seeking state permission to test a variety of alternative fuels. Cemex Construction Materials Florida LLC has applied to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for a short-term trial testing of a list of alternative products the company wants to burn to operate the plant’s cement kilns. The list includes plastic agricultural film, agricultural waste such as ... |
Cemex to pay Clean Air Act violation penalty, USA11 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US. Justice Department announced today that Cemex, Inc has agreed to pay a US$1.4m penalty for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio. In addition to the penalty, Cemex will spend an estimated US$2m on pollution controls that will reduce harmful emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). "Emissions of harmful pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides can lead to a number of serious health... |
EU CO2 benchmark a challenge, warns Cembureau11 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsCembureau, the European Cement Association, warns the European cement industry that it may face a ‘very tough reduction of CO2 emissions’ as a result of the new benchmarking decision for free allocation agreed last December by the European Commission Climate Change Committee. The decision, which still has to undergo parliamentary scrutiny in the first quarter of 2011, agreed an EU-wide clinker benchmark of 766kg CO2/t of grey clinker and an EU-wide benchmark of 987kg CO2/t of white clinker. ... |
Lafarge Ravena project update, USA07 February 2011, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Environmental Manger John Reagan updated the Coeymans Town Board about progress with the Lafarge modernisation project at their recent meeting. During a DEC Legislative Hearing on the topic January 20, roughly 30 speakers commented on the proposed new plant. A majority , including Congressman Paul Tonko, Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, County Executive Mike Breslin and Ravena Mayor John Bruno spoke in favor of the modernisation. "Last week was a big step in the permitting process," R... |
Cemex UK achieves 52% alternative fuel usage – targets 100%31 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex UK has announced that it replaced more than 52% of the traditional fossil fuels used to heat its cement kilns with alternative fuels during 2010, up from 45% in 2009. Based on the renewable organic materials content in the alternative fuels referred to as biomass, this meant Cemex saved nearly 194,000t of CO2 over a 12 month period across its cement plants. This is the equivalent to saving the CO2 emissions generated by around 77,000 cars in a year. In the UK, Cemex uses alternative f... |