Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Tulsa plant owner pulls zoning appeal request, USA14 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsTulsa County commissioners were expected to make a decision Monday about whether to allow a business to build a cement plant next to a neighborhood in west Tulsa. The controversy stems from a vacant lot. Before the meeting started Monday morning, the owner of the proposed facility, requested the item be pulled from the agenda. Tulsa Dynaspan had wanted to change the zoning to industrial, and put in the cement plant. That request was denied by the Tulsa County planning commission this pas... |
Sino-Zimbabwe plant reopens14 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Chinese owned Sino-Zimbabwe has reopened following its closure last year for failing to comply with an environmental order, local press report. The company had been closed following an inspection by environmental inspectors after they had received several complaints from the local communities, mainly resettled farmers. The inspection found out that the amount of cement dust emissions from the factory was higher than normal and was affecting crops. An environmental officer for Midla... |
Hercules Cement pays pollution fine, USA13 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsHercules Cement has paid a US$218,750 fine for three years of air pollution and reporting violations at its Stockertown plant, the state Department of Environmental Protection. "The emissions violations Hercules committed increased overall air pollution in the Lehigh Valley and that can have a detrimental impact on the health of residents throughout the region," said DEP Northeast Regional Director Michael Bedrin said in a prepared statement. The fines cover 2006 through 2008 and are for m... |
WWF, Lafarge team up to reduce environmental impact13 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has partnered with the Lafarge Group in the Philippines to help minimise the cement industry’s growing ecological footprint. Under the newly-forged partnership, WWF and Lafarge will conduct in-depth research to analyse the environmental impacts of blended Pozzolan cement over Portland cement which is the current industry standard. With the hard data on hand, WWF and Lafarge hope to slowly drive a shift from Portland to Pozzolan cement. WWF-Internationa... |
Sri Lanka: Holcim programs to protect environment13 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Lanka has launched a series of programmes for environmental protection with the participation of Forest, Wildlife and Education Departments together with Natural protection organisations and the Puttalam Municipal Council. In launching the environment protection program, Holcim employees along with the people in Puttalam planted 500 trees at the Puttalam cement factory premises. The employees were called upon to tend the plants until it grows, a spokesman for Holcim Lanka Ltd said. ... |
Lafarge meeting reviews plans, USA09 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsA meeting on the new cement plant plans by Lafarge North America was set for Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Officials from DEC and Lafarge will present information on plans to rebuild the 48-year-old plant with two less-polluting kilns. The new kilns will use a dry-process. Expected by Lafarge to be complete by 2015, the new facility will be able to produce about 63 per cent more cement, up from 1.7Mta to 2.8Mta. While emissions of carbon monoxide will inc... |
Cemex unveils carbon footprint tool08 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex today announced that it has developed a carbon footprint tool – the first of its kind in the building materials industry – that allows the company to measure the greenhouse gases emissions of its cement, ready-mix and aggregates products. The footprint tool considers a cradle-to-gate approach, from raw material sourcing to product manufacturing, providing significant assistance to customers in the building sector in calculating the carbon footprint of their projects. Cemex unveiled ... |
EU warns emissions traders about registry requests08 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission has warned participants in its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) not to respond to requests for account registration information from a Brussels-based company, the Commission said on its website. "We understand that operators have received requests for account registration information from a company called European Climate Registry," the EU Commission said in a statement. "This company does not form part of the EU ETS registry system and registration with the Europe... |
Cemex and partners present new conservation book07 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex presented “Fresh Water: The Essence of Life”, a new, visually captivating book at COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico, which shows how Earth’s freshwater supply and ecosystems are in rapid decline and require immediate action to better protect and manage one of the world’s greatest natural assets. Freshwater ecosystems contain a greater concentration of life than anywhere else on Earth and are seriously imperil. Through the power of photography to focus the public eye on critical issues, “Fresh W... |
Ash Grove Montana plant – 10 injury-free years06 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsAsh Grove cement plant in Montana City logged 10 years without a single day lost to a workplace injury on Friday. Dan Peters, who worked in the Montana City plant about 20 years ago and is now western regional vice president of Ash Grove, based in Overland Park, Kan., said the stretch of safety is “almost unparalleled in the industry.” “We have other plants with excellent safety workers, but they haven’t gone 10 years,” said Steve Minshall, the company’s director of health and safety, visi... |