Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Anger over visit to German cement plant15 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsTop officials from Rugby are travelling to Germany as part of an investigation into plans to burn household waste at the town’s cement factory. A councillor and three officers from Rugby Borough Council will fly to Germany at the end of this month on a visit to Kollenbach cement plant, near Dortmund. The two-day trip is to investigate the large cement factory there, which already burns household waste, ahead of planned trials to burn the same materials at Rugby’s cement plant in Long Lawford... |
Tyre and slag burning at Trident almost ready to start14 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently released drafts of its long-awaited Environmental Impact Statement and air quality permit to allow Holcim to burn 1.13 million scrap tires and more than 16,000 tons of toxic slag waste annually in its cement kiln in Trident, Montana, at the headwaters of the Missouri River. “We’re excited that after the years of review and the process we’ve been through that the draft EIS and permit are out and available for public comment. The... |
Villagers to get compensation14 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsJP Cement has decided to compensate residents of Bhalag village for their loss due to dumping of debris from their construction sites into the village river, resulting in the flooded streamwashing away standing crops and damaging flour mills. The damaged primary school building will also be relocated, SDM, Rohit Zambal, said on Tuesday. |
Swiss-Vietnam clean project14 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe first phase of a cooperation project on clean air between Vietnam and Switzerland was launched in Hanoi on August 8. The purpose of the first phase of the Switzerland-Vietnam Clean Air Programme is to support the reduction of air pollution by helping define and implement an integral air quality management system, focusing on Hanoi and its surroundings. |
California set to improve its environmental credent14 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (along with the legislature) has a chance to make California a world leader in reducing global warming. The Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB 32, would place limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted in the state, codifying pollution goals Schwarzenegger approved last year (according to local press reports). The state would set the regulations, which wouldn’t take effect until 2012, after studying various approaches that would allow businesses... |
No to coal in Idaho11 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsGov. Jim Risch signed an order that essentially keeps mercury-emitting coal-fired power plants out of Idaho. "I have concluded that it is unwise and imprudent to opt into the federal mercury program," Risch told 50 onlookers at the Twin Falls Visitor Center. "I can tell you without question that Idahoans value their clean air and clean water," Risch said. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality Board also recommended drafting state rules to keep Idaho coal-plant free. However, Idaho P... |
First Wallboard Manufacturer to Partner with GRA09 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsUSG was the first wallboard manufacturer to contract with GRA’s parent company, Gypsum Recycling International, to purchase reprocessed gypsum for the production of new wallboard. GRA’s first facility, located in Cambridge, Mass, started collecting new-construction wallboard scrap in March. This fall, the scrap will be processed by a patented new mobile recycling machine. The machine then converts the material into a gypsum powder that USG’s plant in Charlestown, Mass, the state’s only wallb... |
Enviro notice to cement factories07 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notices to the State Government and two cement factories of Rewa district on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) for causing water, air and noise pollution in 18 villages of the district. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice AK Patnaik and Justice Ajeet Singh, admitted the petition of Kshetriya Jan Samasya Samadhay Samiti of village Chhijaria seeking court directives to restrain the two cement factories in Rewa district from spreading pollution throu... |
Ha Long Bay not listed as in danger07 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsDeputy Director of the Ha Long Bay Managing Board Nguyen Cong Thai who has returned to Vietnam from the 30th conference of the World Heritage Committee held in Vilnius, Lithuania, said on August 2 that the List of World Heritages in Danger, made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has included 34 sites but not Ha Long Bay. Recently, there was public concern about the operation of the Cam Pha Cement Plant which was believed to be damaging the env... |
Siam Cement unit to develop alternative fuel for industries, Thailand03 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group is taking part in a government-backed project to develop coal-water mixture (CWM), a coal-based fluid fuel, and promote it as a substitute for imported fuel oil. CWM, an alternative fuel used in industrial boilers and kilns, is a mixture of pulverised coal (65% to 70%), water and additives. The new fuel is 40% cheaper than fuel oil providing the same heat value. SCT Co, a Siam Cement affiliate, signed an agreement yesterday with the Department of Alternative Energ... |