Cement News tagged under: Environmental
Lafarge launches online LEED product guide20 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsLafarge North America has launched a new online guide to assist architects and engineers in finding products that will help them to meet green building requirements under the LEED rating system. The tool allows a user to enter search criteria by product or LEED credit category and find which products are available within the credit radius of the project. Each product listing includes a description of the product and an explanation of how that product can help contribute to achieving poin... |
Feds wrap up interviews at cement factory town19 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsFederal officials are set to wrap up the first part of their wide-ranging study of pollution levels in the North Texas town of Midlothian. The U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began interviewing residents this week and were to wrap up by Saturday. The agency, charged with protecting public health around toxic sites, has promised a thorough review of the town that’s home to the nation’s largest concentration of cement plants. Environmentalists for years have complained ... |
Opposition to Lafarge greenfield plant, India14 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsEnvironmentalists and residents of Karsog valley came out in large numbers to oppose setting up of a greenfield cement plant by Lafarge in the area. About 500 people from villages within the proposed mining and cement plant zone, held a protest march in Karsog market under the banner of Sri Deobadyogi Sangharsh evam Paryavaran Samiti and Himalaya Niti Abhiyan. The villagers, who arrived in buses and jeeps took out a procession through the Karsog market and raised slogans against the cemen... |
Cemex Knoxville award13 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Cemex Cement plant in Knoxville has received the Land Stewardship Award from the Portland Cement Association and Cement Americas magazine for its efforts to protect and enhance land around its location. The plant also was a finalist in the Overall category demonstrating excellence in multiple categories. |
Keystone Cement gets DEP approval, US10 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe Department of Environmental Protection has granted approval for Keystone Cement to change its hazardous waste storage and handling procedures as part of a US$165m modernisation project. The East Allen Township cement manufacturing plant will construct a 220,000-gallon tank farm and truck and rail unloading areas for storage and transfer of hazardous waste fuels. Once this is done, the company will phase out the use of the truck hazardous waste storage and unloading facilities and conver... |
EPA proposes slashing mercury emissions from cement plants08 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comments on a proposal to reduce mercury emissions and other pollutants from kilns. Cemex spokeswoman Jennifer Borgen said the international corporation’s officials don’t yet know the full impact the EPA’s proposal could have on Cemex’s plants, one of which is in Lyons. “Because each plant is different, there is no easy one-size-fits-all solution or technology,” Borgen said. But, she emphasized in an e-mailed statement last week, “th... |
Cemex receives United Nations’ Habitat Business Award08 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsCemex has received the United Nations’ Habitat Business Award in the category of Accessible Housing Solutions for its programs Patrimonio Hoy and Centros Productivos de Autoempleo. The award recognizes CEMEX for promoting improvement in the standard of living for families through do-it-yourself construction pursued under the auspices of Patrimonio Hoy and Centros Productivos de Autoempleo. UN-Habitat, a United Nations agency for human settlements, assists poor people in urban areas, transf... |
Ho Chi Minh University’s green campus wins global competition06 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsA Vietnamese-Japanese design of a university campus has received a Silver Award and a prize money of $200,000 at the Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. The low-impact greenfield university campus from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture on an island in the Mekong Delta aims to harmonise the elements of the surrounding ecosystem-flooding rice fields, winds and seasonal changes. Designed by Japanese architect Kazuhiro Kojima with contributions from architects Da... |
Cement firms slow CO2 emissions despite production growth03 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsEfforts by the world’s leading cement companies knocked down carbon dioxide emissions from the industry’s manufacturing process by 35 percent even while production climbed by 53 per cent, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Cement Sustainability Initiative. The council’s Cement Sustainability Initiative released the findings in its report, "Cement Industry Energy and CO2 Performance: ’Getting the Numbers Right,’ " on Tuesday. The report represents the late... |
North Carolina bill seeking to delay cement plant pulled, US01 July 2009, Published under Cement NewsA bill that would seek to delay the opening of a cement plant near Wilmington has been delayed by the bill sponsor, reports the Greenville Daily Reflector. Rep. Carolyn Justice of Pender County pulled the measure Tuesday from the Senate Commerce Committee. The bill would have forced the proposed Titan American plant to undergo a potentially extensive environmental review. Justice told the committee she would rework the bill due to opposition from Gov. Beverly Perdue and the Commerce Depart... |