Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Cemex plant sets alternative fuels record, UK28 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex’s South Ferriby cement plant in North Lincolnshire set a new record last month by replacing over 74% of the fuel with alternative fuels made from wastes. This new record for the plant may also be a new record in the UK, where, according to the British Cement Association, the cement industry average is 19.4%. In addition, emissions of oxides of nitrogen and sulphur have declined by 20% and 43%, respectively, since alternative fuels were introduced at the plant in 2002. The alternativ... |
Portland to construct wind farms, Spain27 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsSpanish cement producer Cementos Portland Valderrivas has chosen three sites to construct wind farms with a combined capacity of 50MW in line with its strategic plan until 2011, the company said on Monday. The wind power plants will cost about EUR 40m. The chosen sites are near the company’s plants in Mataporquera, northern Cantabria region, Alcala de Guadaira in southern Seville region and El Alto in Madrid. Portland’s parent company – construction and services group FCC, bought in 2008... |
National Cement plans nature preserve near Ragland, US26 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsA planned limestone quarry near Ragland could come with a 140-acre nature preserve just upstream in St Clair County, according to a public notice by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The Ragland-based National Cement Co. of Alabama has spent two years planning the quarry and park which would be created near Mitchell Mountain along tributaries that feed into the Coosa River, plant manager Jean-Claude Brocheton said. Brocheton said National Cement is owned by a French company that has done sim... |
EPA Reschedules hearing on proposed plant rules, US22 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsEPA is rescheduling its May 26, 2009 public hearing to solicit comments on a proposal to slash mercury emissions from Portland cement kilns in order to have hearings at additional locations. EPA will hold three hearings, to be scheduled for mid-June, to take public comment on the agency’s April 21 proposal to significantly reduce mercury emissions from Portland cement kilns, the fourth-largest source of mercury air emissions in the United States. The proposal would set the nation’s first li... |
Cement Sustainability Initiative unveils CO2 reduction initiatives21 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) unveiled its vision of a "sectoral approach" to tackling CO2. The project has built a system for monitoring, reporting and verifying CO2 and aims to share technology and best practice for cutting those emissions amid a myriad of regional and global regulations, caps and curbs. "CO2 emissions might be reduced by as much as 25 per cent, compared to a situation where there are no commitments to carbon reduction," CSI programme director Howard Klee sa... |
Cemex plant honoured20 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex cement plant in Demopolis has been acknowledged by The Portland Cement Association (PCA) and Cement Americas magazine as part of the 2009 Cement Industry Energy & Environmental Awards, honoring sustainable manufacturing practices. The plant was a runner-up in the Award’s Land Stewardship category that recognizes a plant’s efforts to protect and enhance the surrounding land. In 2008, the Cemex Dempolis plant was certified as a Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation (... |
Biomass burning plans presented at Lafarge open house, UK20 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge is working with a Kingston-based company called Performance Plants Inc, as well as scientists with both Queen’s University and the University of Guelph, to come up with a plan whereby local grown plant products will be processed and burned to provide power at the massive cement plant on Highway 33. First off, Lafarge is working to determine what is the best crop or crops to use as biomass. That’s where Performance Plants Inc comes in. “Right now, Lafarge creates the heat for its... |
Cemex teams up with World Business Council for Sustainable Development19 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex, in collaboration with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and a group of leading companies in the building, equipment, and energy industries- announced the release of "Transforming the Market: Energy Efficiency in Buildings”, a new research report of the Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project. Based on extensive research, the report presents a transformation plan for the building sector and a roadmap for making the required 60% reduction in energy use... |
Cemex increases use of waste fuel, UK19 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex has replaced 74% of the fuel used to heat its cement kiln at a North Lincolnshire plant with fuels made from wastes, according to reports from Contract Journal. The alternative fuels used at South Ferriby Cement Plant are Secondary Liquid Fuels (SLF) made from industrial liquid wastes that cannot be recycled, such as paint, thinners, inks and varnishes, and Climafuel which is made from household residual and commercial waste that would otherwise go to landfill. The 74% achieved by So... |
Environmental award for Titan America15 May 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Roanoke plant in Virginia, owned by Titan America, a Titan Group subsidiary, has won the Overall Environmental Excellence Award 2009, conferred by the Portland Cement Association and the magazine Cement Americas. The award was bestowed on the criteria of performance in the areas of outreach, environmental performance, land stewardship, innovation and energy efficiency. Saving energy and raw materials, recycling and re-use of waste – these are the main elements in TITAN’s environmental ... |