Cement News tagged under: Environmental
US DOE selects Cemex USA to develop carbon capture19 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex Mexico’s largest cement and ready-mix company, announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected it to develop technology for capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions at one of Cemex ’s US cement plants. Cemex will work with RTI International and others to design a dry sorbent CO2 capture and compression system, a pipeline (if necessary), and an injection station. This commercial-scale Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) demonstration project may remove up to 1... |
Polysius AG and Elex AG have established Elex CemCat AG19 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsPolysius AG and Elex AG have established Elex CemCat AG as a joint venture for advancing the catalytic flue gas cleaning technology in nonmetallic mineral processing plants Polysius strengthens its systems business on the cement plant engineering sector by adding environmental technology The increasing demands imposed on the cleaning of flue gas in the cement industry have to be met with new solutions. Polysius AG and Elex AG have therefore founded a joint venture for catalytic flue gas c... |
EA grants permission for Cemex to burn climafuel15 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex UK, has been granted permission by the cement industry regulator, the Environment Agency (EA), to use a waste-derived fuel, Climafuel. It will part-replace the fossil fuels used in the kiln at the Rugby cement plant in Warwickshire. The permission was granted following completion of an extensive trial where Climafuel was used to replace up to 30 per cent of fossil fuels, such as coal, showing significant environmental and sustainability benefits, including a marked reduction of up to ... |
Hope works safety award, UK15 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Cement’s Hope Works yard supervisor, John Millen has received a special safety award from the Mineral Products Association. Mr Millen, who has worked at the cement plant for over 37 years, received the award in recognition of his personal to improving safety standards at the cement works. Hope Works manager, Ashley Bryan, said: "This Award recognises the hands-on approach he takes to housekeeping and safety and the determination he demonstrates to maintain the standards he has achi... |
State to ban ash use at Lafarge14 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsAlbany, NY - The state is poised to ban the use of mercury-tainted coal fly ash at a Ravena cement plant that is the state’s second largest source of airborne mercury pollution. During a hearing Tuesday before state lawmakers, Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner Valerie Washington said DEC will yank permission from Lafarge North America to use ash for cement making, something that’s gone on at the plant for at least two decades. Washington told the state Assem... |
Opponents gather ahead of plant public hearing13 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsOpponents of the proposed Titan Cement Plant gathered Tuesday night, as they prepare a plan for next week’s public hearings on the project. The Stop Titan Action Network is fighting to keep Carolinas Cement, a subsidiary of Titan America, from building in the Castle Hayne area of New Hanover County. Titan Cement seems to have cleared another hurdle in the project, after receiving a preliminary permit from the Division of Air Quality in September. People who support the cement plant say it... |
Lafarge operating renewable fuels system at Davenport12 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has recently installed equipment that will allow it to use waste seeds, paper, and packaging scrap as fuel at its Davenport cement plant. With these and other by-product materials, the plant is expecting to replace up to 35,000 tons of coal per year and reduce CO2 emissions by almost 42,000 tons per year. The total renewable fuel use at the plant will be equivalent to planting over 8,600 acres of forest or removing emissions from almost 7,000 motor vehicles. Lafarge North America I... |
Regulations to boost gas scrubber market12 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe market for industrial stack gas scrubbers has historically been small compared to those used in coal-fired power plants. But, thanks to tough proposed regulations for the cement industry, the world industrial scrubber market is now forecasted to reach $6 billion in 2012. This is the latest forecast of the McIlvaine Company in Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets. A new proposed air pollution rule in the U.S. would require installation of scrubbers on more than 200 cement kilns. Som... |
Dust from Hanson works ‘coats’ village, UK12 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsA dust cloud which leaked from from Hanson Cement at Padeswood - formerly Castle Cement - in Flintshire, UK is being investigated by the Environment Agency. The leak was reported by residents in Penyffordd, near Mold on Thursday, according to a news report from the BBC Wales. One man said the leak had covered everything in the village and he was unable to wash the "opaque layer" of dust from his car. Environment Agency Wales said it had taken almost 30 calls from the public. "We are con... |
Holcim: ETS has concrete drawbacks, Australia12 October 2009, Published under Cement NewsHolcim, fresh from its $2 billion takeover of Cemex Australia, is bullish about its prospects in Australia, but remains critical of the Federal Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme. The new company, trading as Holcim Australia, also includes a 25 per cent increase in Cement Australia, in which Holcim already owns a 50 per cent stake. Holcim’s chief executive, Markus Akermann, speaking in Melbourne, said the $2.02 billion acquisition gave Holcim a commanding presence in Australia’... |