Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Japanese cement firms bolstering waste treatment ops06 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsFour major Japanese cement manufacturers will strengthen their waste treatment operations, without which their cement businesses are said to be barely profitable. The companies have traditionally treated discarded tyres and plastics into fuel. But these materials are becoming hard to get, as paper mills and others vie for the fuel sources amid rising crude oil prices. This has prompted the cement firms to shift their focus to other types of waste, ones the other industries are not interes... |
Titan America air permit application can proceed05 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsTitan America’s proposed cement plant in Castle Hayne, North Carolina has regained some momentum after a state Superior Court judge lifted an injunction freezing the company’s air permit application. The move also appears to remove the need for a lengthy state-mandated environmental review of the controversial project. But environmental and other groups opposed to Titan’s plans said North Carolina regulators can still insist on a comprehensive look at the project’s potential impacts to the... |
Harvard University to present results on Lafarge unit, USA04 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsHarvard University experts will on Thursday present results from the first independent study of the Lafarge cement plant’s effects on the community’s health. In May, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health tested about 185 residents for arsenic, lead, cadmium, aluminium and selenium. Lafarge, the state’s second-largest source of airborne mercury, is directly across the street from a high school. Harvard was invited to conduct the study by Community Advocates for Safe Emissions... |
The EPA’s War on Texas03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon regulation putsch continues, but apparently abusing the clean-air laws of the 1970s to achieve goals Congress rejected isn’t enough. Late last week, the EPA made an unprecedented move to punish Texas for being the one state with the temerity to challenge its methods. According to The Wall Street Journal, the EPA apparently violated every tenet of administrative procedure to strip Texas of its authority to issue the air permits that are necessary ... |
Pollution’s detrimental effects in Harare30 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsResidents living in the high-density suburb of Mabvuku, in Harare, which is heavily polluted with cement dust from a nearby cement-producing company “The cement dust is affecting us and the vegetation in the suburb. Our children often suffer from chest problems but sometimes we dismiss that as winter coughs because we have never been taught anything about pollution, dust and the effects,” said a resident. Although a lot of Zimbabweans have been exposed to air and water pollution by compani... |
Phoenix Cement earns Energy Star 4th year28 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsFor the fourth year in a row, the Salt River Materials Group Phoenix Cement plant in Clarkdale United States has received the Energy Star label from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The first year, 2007, the plant earned a rating of 97 out of a possible 100. But for the past three years, the plant has scored a perfect 100 on the EPA’s Energy Performance Indicator. "The biggest thing we did was when we modernized the plant in 2002," said Lew Dodendorf, energy manager for SRMG. Since t... |
Authorities cites cement plant for high mercury emissions27 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Brooksville Cemex plant has surpassed the standard mercury emission tests by at least 10 times and Florida State authorities has fined the company $525,000. A Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) consent order issued Nov. 3 said the unacceptable emissions emanated from one of the kilns on-site and has directed Cemex to bring that structure up to standards or more fines and violations are possible. The report said kiln No 2 measured 408 micrograms per dry standard cubic... |
Cemex fined for pollution, USA23 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex has been issued with a US$525,000 fine for emitting mercury at levels nearly 10 times the allowable limit, and the company has been ordered to make changes to one of its Hernando cement kilns to alleviate the problem. In an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation last month, Cemex was ordered to complete a series of actions to bring the kiln’s levels of mercury back within compliance and to ensure that no more violations occur. |
Strict conditions placed on Cockburn Cement, Australia23 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Department of Environment and Conservation has imposed strict new environmental conditions on a Cockburn Cement cement factory, south of Perth. It follows nearly 70 complaints from residents about corrosive dust emissions at Cockburn’s Munster facility. The DEC has issued the company with a new environmental protection licence, which compels it to reduce its kiln dust emissions and install three new air monitoring stations. Cockburn Cement has three weeks to appeal against the c... |
Residents views on Lehigh Cupertino quarry expansion21 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsIn Cupertino, California, the city council listened to hours of testimony Tuesday night from people who oppose the expansion of a local Lehigh cement plant. Roughly 53 people spoke at the meeting and many of them want the city council to draft a resolution opposing the plant from expanding its facility -- in essence, taking a stand against Lehigh. "How can you guarantee, how can you assure to the community that it will be safe emission?" asked City Councilmember Barry Chang. "I will mo... |