Cement News tagged under: Environmental
MP demands ’dust’ explanation, UK26 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsRugby MP Jeremy Wright is demanding a full explanation from Cemex over claims of another dust fall out from its plant. Several homeowners in Long Lawford reported their cars being showered in dust last Monday, some claiming it was the worst covering ever. And now Mr Wright has asked company bosses to explain the fall out and is seeking urgent talks with the Environment Agency. "I am becoming increasingly concerned about these incidents," Mr Wright said "Of course it is true that things... |
MSHA Forms Safety Alliance with Portland Cement Association25 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsThe US Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration recently announced the formation of a health and safety alliance with the Portland Cement Association (PCA), a membership association consisting of 30 companies operating 115 plants in 36 states. "This alliance will be a significant step forward in our efforts to ensure that workers go home from their jobs healthy and safe," said Richard E. Stickler, MSHA acting assistant secretary. "Increasing cement worker safety awareness... |
Holcim unit must pay Quebec neighbours for cement dust21 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsSt. Lawrence Cement, a subsidiary of the world’s second-biggest cement maker Holcim Ltd., must pay damages to neighbours of a Villeneuve, Quebec-based plant for the inconveniences its smoke and dust caused them. The Supreme Court of Canada said today in a unanimous decision by six justices that the company has to pay even if it operated the plant from 1955 to 1997 using the best available equipment to reduce smoke and dust, because Quebec law doesn’t require neighbours to show the company w... |
Salvors battle to keep sinking cement carrier afloat20 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsThe Norwegian-owned, Bahamas-flagged 4556-DWT cement carrier Crete Cement, built 2002, is sinking after having grounding off Fagerstrand in the Oslo Fjord. The pilot-assisted vessel grounded, managed to re-float but the flooding was extensive and the master decided to ground the vessel again to avoid sinking. A rescue vessel and a tug has tried to keep the vessel on the ground, but the flooding has exceed the capacity of the pumps brought onboard. By 8.30, the weather deck was submerged.... |
Emissions trading scheme to hit Australian cement industry19 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsEmissions trading will push up electricity prices in Australia from 2010, and it was the LNG and cement industry’s turn to warn of the impact. The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association warned the scheme would sink about a third of new LNG projects. Cement Industry Federation Robyn Bain said she was not confident about the scheme. "My confidence is probably reflected in the dark rings under my eyes from the sleepless nights I have worrying about the (emissions trading... |
Cemex makes plans to fire up kiln again19 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsCemex is forming plans to fire up its kiln after Thanksgiving while some residents say they’re worried about health impacts from chromium VI contamination, and are frustrated by what they say has been a slow process of testing air samples to determine if the carcinogen has lingered while the plant has sat mostly idle. The Cemex kiln, originally turned off in early September due to a decrease in cement demand, has remained dormant since potentially-harmful levels of the cancer-causing chromi... |
APC enters carbon trading market17 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsCement maker East Africa Portland Cement (EAPC) has entered the carbon trading market in an effort to diversify from the lucrative, but competitive cement market. On Thursday, the cement firm singed a carbon trading deal with JP Morgan Climate Care, a division of investment banker JP Morgan, for purchase of 105, 000t of carbon credits annually worth Sh80m. The carbon credits are the product of changes in the manufacture of cement through the reduction of the more expensive clinker, main r... |
Opposition from villagers grows over Cemex expansion17 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsResidents in a Warwickshire village in the UK have vowed to fight plans to expand a plant which could turn domestic and commercial waste into fuel. Cement firm Cemex wants permission to build a 16-acre unit on its old cement works at Southam that would turn waste from across the county into "climafuel" for use at its works in Rugby. But residents are angry about the traffic, smell and environmental impact. More than 100 people from surrounding areas gathered at the Long Itchington communit... |
Holcim waste management, India12 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsHolcim is bringing its waste management services to India. The company has set a revenue generation target of Rs 180 crore a year by 2012. To begin with, the waste management services of ACC and Ambuja Cement, both Holcim group companies, have been given a special focus to co-process industrial hazardous waste in cement kilns at 14 facilities in India. The country annually produces 8.1Mt of industrial hazardous waste. Though these units would function separately, they are likely to be spun... |
Lafarge, waste managment in deal, US04 November 2008, Published under Cement NewsOfficials from the Waste Management landfill and the Lafarge cement plant have signed an agreement to use piped-in methane gas from the landfill to aid the cement-making process. The plan could save both companies thousands of dollars and eliminate the equivalent of 450,000t of coal a year from Lafarge’s manufacturing process, company officials say. "It’s good for us and good for the environment," said Jim Bachmann, plant manager for Lafarge. "You could say that in this case, one person’s ... |