Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Rugby Cement warned over fuel burning scheme, UK03 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsOwners of the Rugby Cement works have been warned they must prove a proposed fuel burning scheme is not not ’harmful’ to the town. About 100 residents and councillors attended a meeting at the Benn Hall last Thursday (July 27) to discuss Cemex’s plans for fuel burning at the Lawford Road plant. The meeting - organised by Rugby Borough Council and chaired by Rugby MP Jeremy Wright - focused on tyre burning trials at the plant and the use of a new alternative fuel burning system. Cemex claim... |
Date set for cement firm inquiry, UK02 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsA public inquiry is to be held into a cement firm’s plans to build a new site to dispose of its waste. Flintshire Council last year rejected plans by Castle Cement to bury dust from its multimillion-pound kiln on site at its Padeswood plant. Castle Cement, who are appealing against the decision, say burying it on site is safer than the current system of transporting it elsewhere. The public inquiry into the matter will be held on 30 August in Penyffordd. Danny Coulston, general manager at ... |
Cement plants blamed for higher mercury pollution01 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that, across the country, cement kilns are responsible for thousands of pounds of mercury pollution each year. Despite this, THE EPA has ignored both federal law and court orders that require this pollution to be controlled. "It is beyond irresponsible," said Earthjustice attorney James Pew. "Cement kilns are some of the worst mercury polluters in the country, yet the EPA simply allows them to continue polluting. There are technologi... |
Collision course in Adelaide01 August 2006, Published under Cement NewsPoor planning decisions are setting the scene for conflicts between residents and businesses placed too close together, the state’s Chamber of Mines and Energy says. The Newport Quays development at Port Adelaide was a prime example, according to chamber chief executive Phil Sutherland, with housing approved 500m from Adelaide Brighton’s cement operation. This was despite an Environment Protection Authority-prescribed 1km buffer zone around the operation. Mr Sutherland said the State Govern... |
Eighty firefighters stop cement plant blaze, US31 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsA stubborn coal fire in a concrete silo at Keystone Cement in East Allen Township kept dozens of firefighters busy for about seven hours Saturday. The fire started about 08.00 in bin filled with 30t of coal inside a five-story building, said township Assistant Fire Chief Ray Anthony. Although about 80 firefighters from 10 companies from across Northampton County believed they had the fire under control about 10.15, the heat inside the coal bin went up again, Anthony said. Firefighters didn’... |
Problems over tyres in Cemex’s Fairborn kiln24 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsTwo US environmental organizations recently launched a campaign to urge cement producer Cemex Inc. to trash its plan to use scrap tires as supplemental fuel, a process the groups say would be harmful to residents and the environment. Although state and local government officials approve of tire-derived fuel (TDF), the Greene Environmental Coalition and the recently formed Parents Against Tire Burning said they do not want it in their community because they say fumes from tyres are toxic. Ce... |
Lafarge’s Richmond Plant celebrates half a century21 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsCement from Lafarge’s Richmond, British Columbia, plant has been used to help build the greater Vancouver landscape for the past 50 years. As the company’s first plant in North America, the flagship facility will celebrate its anniversary at a ceremony on Monday, July 24. During the presentation, local business leaders and top officials from Lafarge will join plant employees, customers and community partners to take a look into the past and look toward the future of the plant and the company... |
PIL seeks closure of cement plants20 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsA PIL filed by a law student seeking closure of cement plants in and around Khrew of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has put the Wildlife Department, the Pollution Control Board and other concerned departments in a tight spot as they will have to explain how they allowed cement factories to function in the prohibited area. The PIL, filed by Yawar Ali last week states that the pollutant from the 13 mini-cement plants was endangering Hangul, the specie declared “at the verge of extinction” i... |
BCA: Cement industry cuts CO2 emissions19 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsThe UK cement industry has cut its annual emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas linked with global warming by more than 18 per cent (over 2Mt) over the last eight years, according to the latest Performance report produced by the British Cement Association (BCA). The reduction was achieved through replacing traditional fossil fuels with more sustainable (usually waste-derived) alternatives; blending cement-like materials with traditional cement; using alternative raw materials and other signi... |
Cement Company Tries to Explain Pollution18 July 2006, Published under Cement NewsCimentos de Mocambique, has tried to blame the electricity company, EDM, for the clouds of cement dust that frequently exit its factory in the southern city of Matola. Protests against the pollution from the factory caused by the dust have been made by Matola residents and other nearby factories, including the country’s largest food processor, the Companhia Industrial de Matola (CIM), for years. Finally, on Saturday, at a seminar organised by the environmental NGO Livaningo, the ceme... |