Cement News tagged under: environmental
EU warns emissions traders about registry requests08 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission has warned participants in its emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) not to respond to requests for account registration information from a Brussels-based company, the Commission said on its website. "We understand that operators have received requests for account registration information from a company called European Climate Registry," the EU Commission said in a statement. "This company does not form part of the EU ETS registry system and registration with the Europe... |
Cemex and partners present new conservation book07 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsCemex presented “Fresh Water: The Essence of Life”, a new, visually captivating book at COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico, which shows how Earth’s freshwater supply and ecosystems are in rapid decline and require immediate action to better protect and manage one of the world’s greatest natural assets. Freshwater ecosystems contain a greater concentration of life than anywhere else on Earth and are seriously imperil. Through the power of photography to focus the public eye on critical issues, “Fresh W... |
Ash Grove Montana plant – 10 injury-free years06 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsAsh Grove cement plant in Montana City logged 10 years without a single day lost to a workplace injury on Friday. Dan Peters, who worked in the Montana City plant about 20 years ago and is now western regional vice president of Ash Grove, based in Overland Park, Kan., said the stretch of safety is “almost unparalleled in the industry.” “We have other plants with excellent safety workers, but they haven’t gone 10 years,” said Steve Minshall, the company’s director of health and safety, visi... |
Pennsylvania fines Essroc for air violations03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Essroc Cement Corp, US$50,558 for air emission violations and failing to maintain data records from its air monitors as required. “Essroc exceeded its permitted emission limits and failed to meet our requirements for making data available, which is important to ensure the company is following the limits we’ve imposed to protect air quality for everyone in the region,” says Michael Bedrin, DEP’s Northeast Regional direc... |
New pollution checks at Lafarge Cement, Slovenia03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe government of Slovenia reviewed on Thursday a report on the environmental permit of the LafargeCement plant in Trbovlje which PM Borut Pahor ordered in early November upon a protest from locals. The permit is in line with the legislation but new pollution checks will be carried out, Environment Minister Roko Zarnic said. According to Zarnic, the government cares for the health of the local population and will carry out new tests to establish pollution levels when the cement plant is ope... |
ACC Shuts West India plant on pollution control board03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsIndia’s second-largest cement maker by capacity, ACC, has shut its plant at Ghugus in the western Maharashtra state, the Times of India newspaper reported Friday, without citing any source. The move comes after the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board asked the company to shut down the plant for violation of pollution control rules, the newspaper said. The plant has a production capacity of 0.9Mta and was commissioned in 1976, the newspaper added. |
Holcim Romania traces stolen EUAs03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsEarlier this week, Holcim Romania announced that on November 16, 2010 its CO2 accounts held within the Romanian National Registry for Greenhouse Gases were illegally accessed and that 1.6 million CO2 certificates, worth $19 million, were stolen. One million CO2 allowances were transferred to an account in Liechtenstein. Another 600,000 CO2 allowances were transferred to a company in Italy, which has account registries in Italy and the UK. Some seem to have been further transferred to accoun... |
DOH completes first phase of Lafarge study, USA03 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe New York State Department of Health (DOH) has released its findings for the Public Comment Draft Phase One Report in its evaluation of the impact of the Lafarge Cement Plant emissions on community health. Sparked by concerns expressed by CASE (Community Advocates for Safe Emissions), the DOH, in conjunction with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is conducting a public health assessment on communities potentially impacted by the plant to evaluate whether the ch... |
EU’s CO2 permits missing from Holcim Romania registry02 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe European Commission said on Wednesday one million European carbon permits have gone missing from emissions registry account of the Romanian unit of Holcim due to a computer virus, Reuters reported. Holcim Romania has said on its website that its account with the Romanian national registry for greenhouse gases was illegally accessed on November 16 and 1.6 million carbon permits went missing. Subsequently, 600,000 permits have been traced but one million permits, valued by the company a... |
Proposed Portuguese plant plans ’incompatible’ with local area02 December 2010, Published under Cement NewsThe construction of a cement factory in Rio Maior, near the Natural Park of Serra de Aire and Lamps, Portugal yesterday received unfavorable response from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), issued by the Ministry of Environment. Plans by the project company Tecnovia are "totally incompatible" with the area’s environmental plan, according to report. Construction of the factory will have "negative environmental impacts, high and unacceptable", given its location at the site of comm... |