Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Deal reached on TXI cement kiln21 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsA long-running dispute over the use of pollution controls at TXI Operations’ Midlothian Texas cement kiln has been resolved. The Dallas-based company has reached a preliminary agreement to abandon efforts to scale back the use of equipment that reduces ozone-forming emissions at the kiln, several sources said. The agreement is part of a settlement with two environmental groups and more than 20 Midlothian residents who challenged TXI’s plans. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality i... |
Cement firm’s dump pollutes ground water20 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsGround water is being contaminated from an illegal 170,000t dump on CRH lands at Blessington, Co Wicklow, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed yesterday. Last week, the EPA decided to refuse a licence to CRH for the remediation of the landfill site, which is near two housing estates at Blessington. However, CRH has 28 days to lodge an objection to this decision. Yesterday, EPA director general, Mary Kelly, told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Local Government... |
Cement plant agrees to air pollution fine18 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Cement has reached the settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over emissions from two kilns, where tests in December 2003 found one kiln releasing 2.84 pounds of carbon monoxide per ton of product and the other releasing 2.92 pounds per ton and has agreed to pay a US$40,000 federal fine over carbon monoxide emissions at its Southern Indiana plant. Lehigh’s state operating permit allowed carbon monoxide emissions from each kiln of no more than 1.67 pounds per ton. When te... |
CO2 trading worth more than cement15 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsEuropean cement producers ’could make more from carbon trading than from exports’ In essence, producers could make more cash by reducing exports and trading surplus carbon emission allowances under European plans to cut greenhouse gases. City analysts claimed that the current high price of carbon dioxide makes shipping cement from European Union countries uneconomical. Instead it would be more prof itable for companies to sell on the freed up carbon dioxide allowances under the EU’s Emissi... |
Foundation sets awards for sustainable construction15 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsLate last year in Zurich, Switzerland, the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction invited architects, engineers and other specialists in the construction industry to join the first ever Holcim Awards, a competition for innovative construction projects that meet the standards of sustainable construction. Within five months, 1500 projects from 118 countries were submitted to the foundation via a dedicated website. By the third quarter, the foundation will award the main prizes, namely,... |
Slag use at cement plant raises more air concerns15 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe Holcim Trident cement plant near Three Forks, Montana in the US is drawing more criticism for its use of industrial waste, this time slag imported from a Canadian lead and zinc operation. The Montana Environmental Information Center says firing metals-laden waste from a British Columbia smelter raises even more concern about hazardous air pollution than does Holcim’s use of slag from an old smelter at East Helena. Holcim says buying slag, to get iron for cement production is cheaper a... |
Gosepa to Investigate Ashaka Cement13 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsNigeria: Gombe State Environmental Sanitation and Protection Agency (Gosepa) is to investigate Ashaka Cement Company over environmental pollution. Chairman of the agency, Alhaji Yaya Hammari in an interview with newsmen in his office said apart from Ashaka, the agency would also visit other companies. According to him, the essence of the visit by the Technical Committee of the agency was to ensure that communities around Ashaka and other companies were safe from pollution. "We have constitut... |
More pollution found near Detroit resort08 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsThe same highly alkaline contamination that forced sections of Little Traverse Bay shoreline in the Bay Harbor resort to close has been discovered in the water off Resort Township’s East Park. A recent discovery by the US Environmental Protection Agency suggests that corrosive seepage from historic cement kiln dust piles is contaminating a public area, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Thursday. The local health department closed two sections of shoreline within the private Bay Harbor ... |
Factory threat to cave system04 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s longest network of underground caves is in danger from a chain of cement factories the Meghalaya government has allowed to come up right above them. Chief minister D.D. Lapang got sucked into the controversy today with the Indian Bureau of Mines alleging that his announcement of an investigation was an eyewash. The jewel of the Lumshnong cave system in the Jaintia Hills is the Krem Kotsati, which measures 21.5km and forms a 35km-long underground formation. Environmentalists say th... |
Lagan switches to MBM fuel04 July 2005, Published under Cement NewsLagan Cement has welcomed a decision by Meath County Council, Ireland, to grant planning permission for a change of fuel use to allow it to co-fuel its kilns with Meat and Bone Meal (MBM). It said the use of MBM as a fuel source will significantly reduce net CO2 emissions levels, contributing beneficially to the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, required under the Kyoto protocol. Plant director Jude Lagan said: “We are pleased to have received this decision, which repres... |