Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Federal agency wants cleanup at cement plant05 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe owners of a Victorville cement plant - which the company says is the largest in the nation - face potentially millions of dollars in penalties for failing to obtain permits and install pollution controls during major expansions, according a complaint filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The plant is owned by Cemex California Cement LLC, a subsidiary of Cemex companies in Houston and Mexico. In the complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court in Riverside, the EPA says... |
Wastewater purification in cement plants05 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Cement Plant launched the construction of a new wastewater purification system worth more than EUR 500,000. Holcim Ltd. has been paying significant attention to the environmental issues ever since it bought the cement plant in Popovac near Paraćinseveral years ago, investing around EUR5m into fitting new procession filters and dust emission monitoring equipment. The purifying facility will treat wastewater discharged into the Toplik River and enhance purity of the river stream pollu... |
Plan to expand quarry raises concerns02 March 2007, Published under Cement NewsA cement company’s plan to expand a quarry in Richmond Township has raised concerns about losing farmland and the effect on Moselem Creek. Allentown-based Lehigh Cement Co. barely uses a limestone quarry on 206 acres its owns along Eagle Road in Richmond. But the company hopes to use the quarry there full time in addition to a facility in Maidencreek Township. Lehigh Cement project man ager Dennis G. Wanner said the company doesn’t want to wait until the Maidencreek quarry is emptied. "In ou... |
Cement plant won’t burn tires if study says not to27 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsAn official with Lafarge says the company won’t burn tires at a Nova Scotia cement plant if a study by Dalhousie University recommends against the practice. The plant has been awarded a contract with the Resource Recovery Fund Board to collect and process the province’s used car and truck tires – about 900,000tpa. |
States, Enviros Sue EPA Over Cement Factory Emissions22 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsNew York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced a multi-state legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, for adopting a rule that refuses to regulate mercury and other pollutants from existing portland cement plants. The states seek to have a federal court overturn the rule by finding that it violates the Clean Air Act. A petition, signed by nine states, was filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The states joining New Y... |
Germany Court finds claim against cement firms cartel admissible22 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Duesseldorf regional court in Germany found admissible the EUR114m ($149.8m) compensation claims against six leading cement producers accused of price-fixing, according to an interim judgement on February 21, 2007. The affected companies include Dyckerhoff, HeidelbergCement, Holcim, Lafarge, Schwenk Zementwerk, and Cemex, former Readymix. They allegedly have taken part in cartel agreements and offered products at excessive prices for more than ten years. Their customers can claim com... |
Holcim and the World Conservation Union join forces to conserve biodiversity21 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsHolcim and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have signed a cooperation agreement to work jointly on ecosystem conservation and biodiversity issues relevant to the building materials sector. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of the World Conservation Union and Markus Akermann, CEO Holcim Ltd have signed a three-year cooperation agreement to develop new ecosystem conservation standards for the Holcim Group. In placing biodiversity conservation at the core of the agreement, th... |
Siam Cement pledges to cut pollution16 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsThe Siam Cement Group (SCG) yesterday pledged Bt21 million to support the Industry Ministry’s Environmental Management System for Small and Medium Enterprises project (EMS for SMEs). After an informal meeting with the company’s executives, Deputy Industry Minister Piyabutr Cholvijarn said the money would be spent on boosting production efficiency in the SME sector, particularly to reduce pollution and waste. Moreover, he said SCG’s president Kan Trakulhoon also offered financial support ... |
Nova Scotia chooses cement kiln for tires13 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsNova Scotia’s Resource Recovery Fund Board, a non-profit organization which is responsible for solid-waste management in that province , has approved plans by Lafarge Canada Inc. to burn scrap tires as an alternative fuel in its cement plant in Brookfield, N.S. The plan is still subject to approval from the provincial government. Nova Scotia RRFB selected the multinational cement firm to collect and process the more than 900,000 scrap tires generated in Nova Scotia each year. Ontario’s e... |
Emissions will be safe, Holcim says12 February 2007, Published under Cement NewsNo adverse health effects will be caused by emissions from the proposed $200m cement plant at Weston, according to the company wanting to build it. Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd, which is investigating the plant as one of four options to increase cement production in New Zealand, has released further details from air-emission studies. The studies will form part of the company’s resource consent application for the plant, likely to be filed this month with the Otago Regional Council and Wa... |