Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Riots near Hetausda works Nepal01 October 2007, Published under Cement NewsNearly two dozen people have been injured after they clashed with policemen in a town in central part of the country. The clash occurred in the town of Hetauda on Saturday, after the police tried to stop the agitating locals, who were obstructing the East-West Highway to press for their demands, including constructing an access road to their village. They also demanded more effective measures to check pollutions emitted by state-run Hetauda Cement Industry Limited in Hetauda, according to th... |
Lafarge Canada appeal begins26 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe long-awaited hearing into Lafarge Canada’s controversial proposal to burn tires, plastics and other waste in a 34-year old cement kiln near Kingston, Ontario has begun, despite last-ditch efforts by the company to derail the hearings. Lafarge announced that it plans to challenge the validity of the hearing in court and asked the Environmental Review Tribunal not to proceed with the matter. The Environmental Review Tribunal hearing was scheduled to begin at the Loyalist Township Office (... |
Cement branch protests cuts in CO2 emmission limits26 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Polish Cement Association has sent a letter to Poland’s prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, asking the latter to intervene in the allocation of CO2 emission licences. Branch representatives reckon that the proposals of the National Administration of the Emissions Trading Scheme (KASHUE), aimed at cutting back on the number of licences allocated on a proportional basis to all sectors, are unfair and will result in cement plants turning out less cement than is necessary. KASHUE has sugge... |
Ashaka Cement Relocates Communities19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsAshaka Cement Company has relocated three communities affected by its quarry activities at its factory in Bajoga of Funa-Kaye local government area of Gombe state. They were moved to a place of their choice at the cost of over N100 million, the company said. The three settlements, Jauro Buba, Jauro Yaya and Jauro Chindo, have been relocated some kilometers away at Sabon Gari where the company built 52, 2-bedroom flats for the settlers with a primary school, three hand pumps, a dispensary an... |
Recyclers Used to Burning Rubber Are Now Idling19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsA new industry that recycles old tires into fuel, saving companies millions of dollars and reducing a billion-tire national stockpile, is in limbo after a U.S. appeals court tossed out some federal clean-air rules. In the past decade, owners of industrial boilers considered themselves do-gooders because they had the Environmental Protection Agency’s blessing to burn alternative fuels, including old tires. Yet environmental groups said the practice dodged clean-air requirements by classifying... |
Energis changes name to Geocycle19 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsEnergis LLC, one of the largest providers of waste management solutions and a leader in using co-processing systems, has changed its name to Geocycle. The change, announced by Geocycle president Rob Davies, is effective immediately. Our new name, Geocycle, is consistent with our evolution into a waste solutions company. This broader, service-oriented business will help us strengthen our market access and our link to sustainable development, said Davies. Davies noted that, as Geocycle, the ... |
Cement kiln incineration appeal begins18 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe long-awaited hearing into Lafarge Canada’s controversial proposal to burn tires, plastics and other waste in a 34-year old cement kiln near Kingston, Ontario has begun, despite last-ditch efforts by the company to derail the hearings. Lafarge announced that it plans to challenge the validity of the hearing in court and asked the Environmental Review Tribunal not to proceed with the matter. The Environmental Review Tribunal hearing was scheduled to begin at the Loyalist Township Office (2... |
Holcim Group is again a leader in sustainability17 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsHolcim, the international cement company, has once again been named "Leader of the Industry" in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The company operates in the domestic market as Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd and operates a cement plant at Cape Foulwind, near Westport, in the South Island. Worldwide, Holcim operates 130 cement plants in 70 countries. For the third year in succession, the Holcim Group has been acknowledged as the company with the best sustainability performance in the building m... |
Thailand: green building solutions17 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsDevelopers and contractors don’t have to spend a fortune to create and operate buildings that reduce impact on the environment. As the debate over global warming gathers momentum, developers and builders are coming under increasing scrutiny for their practices, but what some might view as a threat could be an opportunity. In fact, there are lots of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the construction and operation of buildings. This fact has propelled Australia and some oth... |
Lafarge trying to stay hearing that will look into tyre burning plan12 September 2007, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has launched an 11th-hour appeal to stop an independent hearing that will review Ontario’s decision to permit the cement company to burn tires at its eastern Ontario plant in Bath. The proceedings were scheduled to begin Tuesday with a preliminary hearing to explore the scope of the issues, but the company will instead ask the Environmental Review Tribunal to stay the hearing. A date hasn’t yet been set for the main hearing to argue the merits of the case. ``We’re deep... |