Cement News tagged under: Environmental
US to crack down on air pollution21 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency has caved in to pressure from eight states and a coalition of environmental groups, and will tighten regulations of air pollution from cement plants, according to a story in today’s Albany Times-Union (which reports on the goings-on at several big cement plants in the vicinity of this writer’s home in New York’s Hudson Valley). The EPA acknowledged that in drawing up new regulations for cement kilns, it didn’t adhere to Clean Air Act mandates that it r... |
New York set standards for cement plants19 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsFederal regulators have agreed to set standards for mercury emissions from cement plants under a legal settlement with activists and nine states, including New York. The deal comes after a decade of wrangling over air pollution from 106 cement plants around the nation. They annually generate nearly 23,000 pounds of airborne mercury, according to Earthjustice, an environmental law firm. EPA actually issued mercury regulations for cement plants three years ago, but they applied only to kilns... |
Gangsu province cleans up, China08 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsNorthwest China’s Gansu province aims to eliminate 3.75Mt of obsolete capacity in 2009 to fulfill the targets of energy conservation and emissions reduction. As per report, the province will further step up efforts in eliminating backward highly polluting and energy and resource intensive capacity in the new year, trying to weed out 3.75Mt inefficient iron smelting, steel making, ferroalloy, calcium carbide, cement and paper making capacity. In the mean time, market withdrawal mechanism sh... |
Test results released on Cemex plant08 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsTest results are finally in on the quality of air in Davenport, just north of Santa Cruz. Summer tests revealed unsafe levels of a toxic chemical coming from a cement making plant called Cemex. But new tests show that levels are down but air quality tests will continue as long as the Cemex plant operates. Its been a stressful few months in Davenport. "Everyone was hoping for a conclusion to this long drawn out process," said Noel Bock, Chair of the Davenport North Coast Association. Residen... |
Ravena plant state’s No. 2 mercury source07 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Lafarge cement plant is second only to the state’s largest coal-fired power plant in emitting mercury pollution, according to a company study issued Monday to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The study also found that more than half the estimated 146 pounds of mercury a year from the Route 9W plant comes from local limestone used to produce cement. The report suggests most of the remaining mercury came either from coal used to fuel Lafarge’s two high-temperature c... |
EPA sues Cemex07 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsA Lyons cement plant failed to install the best pollution controls while tainting Boulder County’s air for possibly more than a decade, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In the action filed in U.S. District Court in Denver, the EPA alleges that Cemex Inc., which produces Portland cement at its Lyons facility, committed several federal violations since early 1997 after it made plant modifications to improve production. The EPA says those improv... |
China Runji waste heat power generation in progress06 January 2009, Published under Cement NewsChina Runji Cement Inc, a leading producer and distributor of cement in Anhui Province of China, has announced that the waste heat power generator has started the architectural construction and equipment installation following the completion of groundwork foundation and switchboard room in December 2008. The recent commencement of architectural construction and equipment installment in the waste heat power generator will be completed by April 2009. CRJI’s waste heat power generator will ge... |
UK: Lafarge recalls 30,000 bags of cement22 December 2008, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has recalled 1500t of Blue Circle cement over fears it contains higher than normal levels of chromium VI. The company is recalling 280,000 bags in total from DIY outlets and builders’ merchants and has so far taken back 30,000 bags. Of the recalled bags most were found to contain no chromium at all, with just one containing four parts per million of chromium VI. The chromium in cement can cause dermatitis when cement is mixed with water. The limit for chromium, set in cement health ... |
EBRD Fund purchases carbon credits from Ukrainian cement producer22 December 2008, Published under Cement NewsThe Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF) established by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to purchase carbon credits from JSC Ivano-Frankivsk Cement (IF Cement) plant during the period from 2008-12. The project with JSC Ivano-Frankivsk Cement plant amounted to US$80m which is jointly financed by the State Export - Import Bank of Ukraine (UkrEximBank) and US$15m by EBRD through an Energy Efficiency Programme (UKEEP... |
Holcim appeal next year, New Zealand19 December 2008, Published under Cement NewsAn Environment Court appeal hearing for Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd’s proposed $300 million cement plant near Weston will begin in Oamaru on March 9. A decision by a joint panel of the Otago Regional and Waitaki District Councils earlier this year granted resource consents to Holcim to build the plant, but they were appealed to the court. The hearing will be heard by Environment Court Judge Gordon Whiting in the Oamaru Courthouse. Expected to take about three weeks, it will be held in two sta... |