Cement News tagged under: environmental
Pollution Control Board reverses ACC decision13 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsACC has resumed production on Tuesday at its old plant, which had been closed down recently following directives from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for violation of pollution standards. The company authorities have somehow managed to obtain permission from MPCB headquarters to restart the old plant, and accordingly the plant was restarted after forty days of closure. The over 30-year-old cement plant of ACC Limited having production capacity of 0.9Mta was forced to shut dow... |
Holcim Philippines’ co-processing gets quality certifications07 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsGeocycle, the waste management unit of cement manufacturer Holcim Philippines, was recently recognised as having management systems for its operations, environmental impact and occupational health and safety that are up par with international quality standards. On Dec. 21, Geocycle received an Integrated Management System (IMS)certificate that covers ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004, and OHSAS 18001:2007. The three are a set of quality practices used globally to measure management systems for ... |
Implementation of new EPA rules for Lehigh renewal06 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Bay Area in Cupertino, California, is about to become the first in the nation to implement tough new EPA requirements on cement plants. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is poised to issue a proposed renewal of an operating permit for Leigh Cement Plant in Cupertino. The draft permit would incorporate standards for mercury emissions that would take affect in September 2013 and reduce mercury levels by 90 per cent. The plant and its emissions have been the subject of much deb... |
Japanese cement firms bolstering waste treatment ops06 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsFour major Japanese cement manufacturers will strengthen their waste treatment operations, without which their cement businesses are said to be barely profitable. The companies have traditionally treated discarded tyres and plastics into fuel. But these materials are becoming hard to get, as paper mills and others vie for the fuel sources amid rising crude oil prices. This has prompted the cement firms to shift their focus to other types of waste, ones the other industries are not interes... |
Titan America air permit application can proceed05 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsTitan America’s proposed cement plant in Castle Hayne, North Carolina has regained some momentum after a state Superior Court judge lifted an injunction freezing the company’s air permit application. The move also appears to remove the need for a lengthy state-mandated environmental review of the controversial project. But environmental and other groups opposed to Titan’s plans said North Carolina regulators can still insist on a comprehensive look at the project’s potential impacts to the... |
Harvard University to present results on Lafarge unit, USA04 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsHarvard University experts will on Thursday present results from the first independent study of the Lafarge cement plant’s effects on the community’s health. In May, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health tested about 185 residents for arsenic, lead, cadmium, aluminium and selenium. Lafarge, the state’s second-largest source of airborne mercury, is directly across the street from a high school. Harvard was invited to conduct the study by Community Advocates for Safe Emissions... |
The EPA’s War on Texas03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsThe Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon regulation putsch continues, but apparently abusing the clean-air laws of the 1970s to achieve goals Congress rejected isn’t enough. Late last week, the EPA made an unprecedented move to punish Texas for being the one state with the temerity to challenge its methods. According to The Wall Street Journal, the EPA apparently violated every tenet of administrative procedure to strip Texas of its authority to issue the air permits that are necessary ... |
Pollution’s detrimental effects in Harare30 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsResidents living in the high-density suburb of Mabvuku, in Harare, which is heavily polluted with cement dust from a nearby cement-producing company “The cement dust is affecting us and the vegetation in the suburb. Our children often suffer from chest problems but sometimes we dismiss that as winter coughs because we have never been taught anything about pollution, dust and the effects,” said a resident. Although a lot of Zimbabweans have been exposed to air and water pollution by compani... |
Phoenix Cement earns Energy Star 4th year28 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsFor the fourth year in a row, the Salt River Materials Group Phoenix Cement plant in Clarkdale United States has received the Energy Star label from the US Environmental Protection Agency. The first year, 2007, the plant earned a rating of 97 out of a possible 100. But for the past three years, the plant has scored a perfect 100 on the EPA’s Energy Performance Indicator. "The biggest thing we did was when we modernized the plant in 2002," said Lew Dodendorf, energy manager for SRMG. Since t... |
Authorities cites cement plant for high mercury emissions27 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Brooksville Cemex plant has surpassed the standard mercury emission tests by at least 10 times and Florida State authorities has fined the company $525,000. A Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) consent order issued Nov. 3 said the unacceptable emissions emanated from one of the kilns on-site and has directed Cemex to bring that structure up to standards or more fines and violations are possible. The report said kiln No 2 measured 408 micrograms per dry standard cubic... |