Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Halyps Cement obtains EN 16001 certification, Greece14 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsHalyps Cement has been certified for compliance with EN 16001: 2009, the new European standard for energy management systems. Thanks to the energy efficiency measures adopted by the company to cut its energy costs, Halyps Cement is the first company in Italcementi Group and one of just a handful of companies worldwide currently to possess EN 16001 requisites. Antonio Romano, technical director at Halyps Cement and one of the main promoters of the EN 16001 project, said: “Energy is a vita... |
Zuari Cement introduces its sustainable products in India13 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsAlongside the production of cement which is of increasingly high performance from a structural point of view, the Italcementi group entered into a new sector of special cement products aimed at providing a genuine industrialized solution to the problem of pollution in cities. These new revolutionary products reduce air pollution and initiates self-cleaning effect in a building. Recently, these products are launched in India, and marketed and distributed in the country by Zuari Cement, part ... |
CO2 reduction and energy performance improvements – report13 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsFigures released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) on 12 July 2010 show a further reduction in CO2 emissions intensity per tonne of cement produced. Data made available by 46 companies, with over 900 production facilities globally, show a 3.8 per cent reduction in specific net CO2 emissions since 2005 and a 14.3 per cent reduction since 1990. As well as showing a reduction in CO2/t of cement produced, the data also reveals a r... |
Cemex releases Dominican operation report12 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsWith special guests from environmental institutions and government agencies, Cemex presented its Viability Report 2009, in which key performance indicators reveal advances in its global goals achieved in the country. Local aspects such as Health and Industrial Security, Environmental impacts, Climatic Change, as well the company’s objectives, advances and goals are detailed in an integral manner, stressing the development reached in its high-priority topics. “For Cemex viability means to ... |
Tecnalia uses solid waste advances12 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsAs part of its commitment to sustainability, construction unit Tecnalia, has developed a new generation of environmentally-friendly cements. The development of new eco-cement, as well as techniques to improve their mechanical properties through the use of nanotechnology, has resulted in two patents, shared by Tecnalia and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). In developing these products, the group of Nanomaterials in Construction (nanowire) Tecnalia has replaced limestone a... |
Cemex Spain recognised for quality & environment excellence06 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex in Spain has obtained quality and environment certification from the AIDICO Technological Institute of Construction, an accredited institution for quality and environmental management systems, for its gravel quarries and ready-mix concrete and mortar plants in the country. In March 2010, AIDICO conducted certification audits in 27 of Cemex’s aggregates quarries and 102 of the company’s concrete and mortar plants in Spain. For its aggregates quarries and mortar plants, Cemex rec... |
PCA: US$4.7B price tag for EPA proposal06 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsIn a June 28 webinar hosted by Portland Cement Association’s Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Andrew O’Hare, CAE, PCA’s Chief Economist Edward Sullivan and Cement Americas, cited dire consequences for the cement industry of national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency: chiefly, closure of a minimum 30 cement plants subject to compliance-related investments, amounting to an outlay of US$60m average per plant for abateme... |
Cementir opens alternative energy facility, Turkey06 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsItalian-based cement producer Cementir has move towards diversification of its waste to energy business with the opening of a new facility in Kula, Turkey. This is the company’s first integrated site encompassing management, recycling and disposal techniques. The unit was inaugurated by Cementir chairman Francesco Caltagirone Jr yesterday. This ambitious project focuses on converting municipal and industrial waste into energy. The project is being piloted in Turkey, with other facilities s... |
Buzzi Unicem: a raw material called PLP06 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsBuzzi Unicem USA and Amazon Environmental, Inc, a national company involved in the recovery of latex paint, have forged an alliance which has led to the realization of a recycling center at Buzzi Unicem’s cement plant in Pryor, OK. From its inauguration in January 2008 up until now, the system installed by Amazon Environmental has transformed almost 6,150,000 liters of residual paint, by then unusable, into 10,000t of PLP (Processed Latex Pigment) to be used in the production of cement. PL... |
Roanoke makes plans to use biomass, USA05 July 2010, Published under Cement NewsRoanoke Cement Co. (RCC) is putting the necessary equipment in place so it can start trials to begin using “biomass” to help fire its cement kilns. The investment, which Plant Manager Kevin Baird called substantial, is the latest effort by RCC to reduce its overall “carbon footprint.” Baird said the company has set November as a target date to start trials to include biomass as a fuel for the kilns. Right now, the company is building the system to “dose” biomass material into the kiln sy... |