Cement News tagged under: environmental
Cement dust is ’no real risk to health’30 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsFears that dumped cement kiln dust would be a risk to health cannot be proved experts say. Castle Cement wants to tip dust waste from its new UK£56m kiln on farmland at the firm’s Padeswood factory near Buckley. It will save the company hauling up to 10,000t of dust to special dumps outside North Wales. But Flintshire councillors threw out the firm’s tip application, against officers’ advice, saying it posed a risk to health and water courses. The company appealed to the Assembl... |
Siam City Cement to invest in alternative fuel21 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsSiam City Cement plans to set up a new power plant burning industrial waste, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. Holcim, the major shareholder in Siam City Cement, has been successful in building a trash-burning power plant at its factory in Ziggenthal, Switzerland. The company hopes to use the same technology to set up a trash-burning power plant to provide energy for its plant in Saraburi, Thailand. The project will cost US$20-30m. It will use mainly old tyres and used oil as fuel, as wel... |
Climb every mountain, swim every river16 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsHolcim has succeeded in using alternative fuel at many of its plants worldwide. Holcim has now begun to apply the new approach to its affiliate plant in Saraburi province, Thailand, with an investment amounting to Bt1 billion. "Holcim is using household and industrial waste to substitute for fossil fuels, including coal and lignite, in the production of cement," said Barbara Dubach, vice president of Holcim Group Support Ltd. "After 15 years of using alternative fuels and raw materials f... |
Meeting was not a secret, says Cemex16 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsOwners of Rugby Cement Works have hit back over claims they held a secret meeting to discuss new fuel-burning proposals. Cemex outlined plans to trial the new Climafuel system at a meeting on June 2, and as reported in the local press one of the reporters attended the meeting. Lilian Pallikaropoulos, of campaign group Rugby in Plume, claimed the event, which was also attended by councillors and interested parties, was a ’propaganda exercise’ and hadn’t been advertised correctly. However, Ian... |
Italcementi receives social award15 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsItalcementi achieved recognition for TX Active®, the photocatalytic active principle for cement products capable of fighting against air pollution, by receiving the Sodalitas Social Award. Italcementi was granted this prestigious honour in the category “Innovation - significant social and environment-friendly products”. “I am pleased to stress that this innovative outcome developed by Italcementi is the result of Italian research, said the company’s Chairman, Giampiero Pesenti. An important... |
Ghacem Briefs Parliamentary Select Committee15 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsGhacem Limited last week briefed a parliamentary select committee on Environment, Science and Technology delegation on the company’s Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) programme. The acting managing director of Ghacem, Mr. Graham Bell, disclosed that Ghacem was investing about ¢7 billion between 2005 and 2008 on HSE-related issues and that the investments would ensure Ghacem’s plants continued to comply with local and international standards as well as the company’s. Ghacem, he said, was ... |
Holcim Apasco co-processes more waste14 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsMexican cement maker Holcim Apasco has co-processed 1Mt of waste over the last 11 years to fuel kilns at its six cement plants, 90 ready-mix facilities and four aggregates plants, local news agency Notimex reported. The company processes the waste under strictly controlled conditions, Apasco stresses. Holcim Apasco has cut by 20 per cent its energy consumption by replacing non-renewable fuels. It utilises tyres, used car oil, solvents and paints, among others within its production process.... |
Lafarge to reduce emissions, UK09 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsLafarge’s Westbury works in Wiltshire, UK is installing new equipment to control emissions after breaching its permit conditions earlier this year. Lafarge was forced to take action after the Environment Agency served an enforcement notice in February. Two tyre-burning kilns at its plant in Westbury were found to have exceeded permitted emission levels of hydrogen chloride and oxides of nitrogen. The agency said it was now satisfied corrective measures were being taken. The company ... |
Anger over plans to burn waste at plant, UK08 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsCampaigners have hit out at plans to begin burning waste at the Rugby Cement plant - all the way from London. Waste could be transported from the capital and burned at the Long Lawford Road site as the part of the concrete-making process. Protesters have attacked the plans as a Victorian solution to waste disposal and say residents are being used as "guinea pigs". The plans were unveiled at a meeting attended by Cemex, councillors and representatives from Rugby Borough Council, Warwi... |
New fuel plans at Rugby Cement?06 June 2006, Published under Cement NewsPlans to launch a new an alternative fuel system at Rugby Cement Works have been greeted with dismay by plant opponents. Factory owners Cemex outlined plans to apply to the Environment Agency for permission to trial Climafuel at the Lawford Road plant at a meeting of councillors and interested parties last Friday (June 2). The company says the fuel, which will fuel its cement kiln and consists of household waste such as cardboard, textiles and plastics, will produce a ’solid, clean and... |