Cement News tagged under: Environmental
CDM projects ’vital for Indonesia’01 November 2005, Published under Cement NewsEnvironmentalists and economists welcomed the government’s move to establish the National Commission on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a national authority to promote Indonesian CDM projects to the world. Former environment minister Emil Salim said the establishment of the commission would help push the business sector to take into account the social and ecological aspects of their activities aside from economic ones. "The existence of the (CDM) projects improve the weaknesses of mar... |
Mountain Cement Settles Environmental Suit28 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Mountain Cement Company in Laramie has agreed to put a filter on one of its kilns as part of a lawsuit settlement with environmental groups. The cement company, the Sierra Club and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance presented a settlement on Wednesday to Federal Judge Clarence A. Brimmer. A trial had started Monday in Brimmer’s court over the environmental groups’ claims that one of the cement company’s kilns violated air quality regulations. The company maintains that its operations... |
Cement plant air pollution trial opens26 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsBiodiversity Conservation Alliance’s lawsuit against the Mountain Cement Company began Monday with opening arguments by Biodiversity’s lawyers contending that the cement factory repeatedly violated its emissions permit. Mountain Cement’s attorneys countered that excesses of what is allowed by the permit were within the five per cent limit that the Department of Environmental Quality usually allows. In Federal District Court in Cheyenne, jurors heard arguments and the testimony of one of B... |
China gets tough on plant operations26 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsChina’s environment authority yesterday suspended operations at three plants and an expressway for violating the country’s environmental protection laws and regulations. "The projects should have applied for the checking of their environmental protection facilities before being put into operation upon completion of construction," said the State Environmental Protection Administration in a statement. However, in violation of laws, all the projects were put into production or trial operation ... |
Cement dust affects Ilang power barge25 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Philippine National Power Corporation (NPC) has reportedly threatened to pull out the power barge supplying additional power to Davao City because its engines is being destroyed by cement dust emanating from the Holcim Cement in Ilang. This was revealed by Majority Floorleader Prospero C. Nograles. He added that the House of Representative is set to look into reports that the cement factory in Barangay Ilang is violating environmental laws following such report. Nograles said he wou... |
Holcim Awards competition goes global25 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsFollowing five regional competitions, 15 Award-winning projects will now compete in the first global Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. The global phase of the competition showcases the best entries from more than 1500 submissions from 118 countries, and encourages innovative, future-oriented and tangible approaches within the building and construction industry. As part of the three-year competition cycle with prize money totalling US$2m, all projects that rece... |
Ube to use more waste plastics as fuel21 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsUbe Industries Ltd, Japan, is preparing to procure more waste plastics which can be recycled into fuel for cement kilns, by expanding the plastic-crushing facilities at its cement plant in Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture. The company will invest about 600 million yen to increase the annual capacity of the plastic disposal facilities at the Kanda plant more than twofold to 50,000 tons, bringing the firm’s total capacity to 105,000t, up 40 per cent from the current level. The new facilities are sched... |
Berrima alternative fuel approval20 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsBluecircle Southern Cement at New Berrima has been granted permission to use alternative fuels in its everyday operations after nearly a three year campaign. Following an assessment by an independent investigator, the Department of Planning has granted the factory permission to use liquid oil material, carbon products and used tyres instead of coal. Its works manager, Ian Unsworth, says the tightly controlled use of alternative fuels will make the works more efficient and more environment... |
EC to issue national CO2 allocation plan guidelines by end-200520 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission is to issue guidelines to European Union member states on how to interpret the emissions trading scheme law for the next round of national CO2 allowance allocation plans by end-2005, an EC official said Wednesday. Member states have to submit their NAPs for the second phase of the EU ETS by mid-2006-at the same time as the EC is to publish its review of the scheme, which started Jan 1, 2005. The review is to include an assessment of the impact of the ETS on companies’... |
Lafarge names sustainable development chief19 October 2005, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has appointed Olivier Luneau senior vice president in charge of sustainable development and public affairs, the group said on October 18, 2005. Luneau will report directly to the CEO. He succeeds Gaelle Monteiller, who has joined French concrete activity Lafarge Betons France, as general manager of the Vallee de Seine region. Luneau began his career at the Bank of America, before joining Lafarge in 1990, first at the financial department in Paris, then in London following the acquisit... |