Cement News tagged under: environmental
Philippine cement makers require permit less27 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Philippine Mines and Geoscienes Bureau (MGB) has removed the need for cement producers and holders of quarry and industrial sand and gravel permits to secure a mineral processing permit (MPP) with immediate effect. The bureau defined "mineral processing" as covering milling, beneficiation, leaching, smelting, cyanidation, calcination or upgrading of ores, minerals, rocks, mill tailings, mine waste and/or other metallurgical by-products or by similar means to convert the same into mark... |
REDECAM and ISGEC joint venture starts operations21 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsREDECAM Group SpA and and ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd on Friday announced the establishment of a joint venture in the field of air pollution control. Headquartered in Noida, India, the new venture is called ISGEC REDECAM Enviro Solutions Pvt Ltd and is geared towards both partners being a complete provider for flue gas treatment systems for the cement, power and metals industry. Speaking of the collaboration, Barry Downing, CEO of REDECAM Group, commented: "In the effort to reduc... |
Falling crude oil challenges uptrend, China cuts coal capacity17 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsBy Frank O Brannvoll, Cimeurope sarl, Belgium Last month the US$/EUR trading range was set at €1.04-1.08 and has held within €1.05-1.075 at €1.0720. Other than the US Federal Reserve Bank raising its overnight rate by 0.25 per cent to one per cent, there is no other major news. The increase did not have an impact on the US$/EUR rate with the expected range going forward between €1.05-1.10. Crude oil Crude oil price developments can often be considered as a front runner for ov... |
APC: Moroccan cement producers use renewables for 80% of energy requirements16 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement producers source about 80 per cent of its energy from renewable energy sources, Mohamed Chaibi, president of the Moroccan cement association, APC, said. Leading the way is LafargeHolcim Maroc as three of its cement plants use mainly wind energy, up to 85 per cent of the total, thanks to its own wind farm near by. The company has also concluded power purchase contracts with Nareva and Acwa Power to supply renewable power to a total of eight sites in Morocco. |
Fiji: Pacific Cement and Tengy Cement sued over clinker shipments16 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe Fiji Fish Marketing Group is suing Pacific Cement, Tengy Cement and a third company, citing damage caused by the offloading of clinker in Lami, the Fiji Times reports. The Fish Marketing Group claims that the clinker has caused damage to its property and presents a risk to human health, adding that it has been forced to close its factory during the offloading process. The hearing began this week, but has been adjourned until Monday (20 March) pending the filing of more documentatio... |
South Africa's proposed carbon tax could cost PPC ZAR90m15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsSouth Africa’s proposed draft carbon tax bill published in November could see PPC liable for an estimated ZAR90m in carbon tax, according to Pretoria News. However, PPC CEO, Darryl Castle, said the cement producer was currently looking at a number of initiatives to reduce this tax burden. He added that the tax regime did not apply to imports into South Africa. Furthermore, he said it had not been meaningfully implemented elsewhere and Australia had scrapped a similar initiative due to the... |
UAE: Arkan testing hazardous waste recycling15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsEmirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Arkan have agreed a test project which will see hazardous waste material from smelting pots recycled for use as cement kiln fuel. EGA is the largest industrial unit of Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s strategic development conglomerate. EGA said yesterday that it would provide between 1000-3000t of the spent smelter pot inner-lining (carbon waste usually sent to landfill) to test as both fuel to fire the kiln and as refactory material to be inco... |
Myanmar: Mandalay plants ordered to install emissions monitoring equipment15 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsMandalay's region government has ordered the cement factories in Kyaukse and Thazi townships to install air-testing devices. The Environmental Conservation Department conducted an investigation on cement factories’ emissions in February and instructed the plants to install two devices, gas and ambient analysers. "I've reported the cement factories in Kyaukse to the government after the investigations. The Mandalay region minister for natural resources, forestry and environmental conse... |
Irish Cement to receive fossil fuel replacement go-ahead14 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsLimerick City and County Council have informed Irish Cement of their intention to grant the cement producer planning permission for its fossil fuel replacement project at its Mungret plant in Limerick, Ireland. The Mungret works is the last remaining cement plant in Ireland to start a fossil fuel replacement programme. The practice has been successfully used in Ireland for the past nine years. “We now look forward to the licence decision by the EPA later this year, which, if successfu... |
EU: cap on emissions windfall set at 2.2% per year10 March 2017, Published under Cement NewsThe European Parliament and the Council (Environment Ministers) agreed on 28 February its negotiating position for the revision of the Emission Trading System (EU ETS), says Cembureau. According to the proposed directive, now due for deliberation in a trilogue of meetings. The cap on emissions will fall by 2.2 per cent a year – the so-called linear reduction factor – until at least 2024. This is expected to push up the cost of allowances and provide an incentive for industries to adopt cle... |