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Titan America LLC, a heavy building materials producer in the United States, recently announced the fact that four of its distribution terminals have achieved the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry. The four sites include: Castle Hayne, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; Front Royal, Virginia; and Chesapeake, Virginia. The challenge is a call to action [...] Aķcansa Cement, a joint venture of HeidelbergCement and Sabanci Holding, recently announced the installation of a $24 million waste heat recovery unit at their Çannakale, Turkey, plant. Aķcansa, which produces 6.5 tonnes of clinker and 9 million tonnes of cement annually in three plants within Turkey, is a major producer of both cement and ready-mixed concretes. The [...] Recently, HeidelbergCement has partnered with the BirdLife International foundation, a preservation group, to promote biodiversity at quarrying sites supplying the cement giant. Already a leader in promoting this diversity, HeidelbergCement hopes to further strengthen its lead in this field which started with the issuance of a binding guideline on biodiversity management in 2009, the first of [...] A Lafarge plant near Tulsa, Oklahoma, is facing last minute resistance to the planned installation of a fuel quality waste (FQW) storage system. Tulsa city Councilman Roscoe Turner and environmental group LEAD (Local Environmental Action Demanded) have begun openly opposing the plant’s efforts. Lafarge desires to install a series of tanks to utilize forty-eight million gallons of [...] Earlier this week, the government of Quebec announced its voluntary implementation of a cap and trade system that takes effect in 2012. Environment Minister Pierre Arcand announced the plan on Wednesday amid praise from environmentalist groups. Quebec is third in a series of Canadian provinces and American states to enact a regional system instead of waiting [...] Cement industry giant Lafarge announced on Thursday a set of new goals in order to continue its agenda of reducing CO2 emissions. The goals are divided into two main areas: straight emissions reductions and a sustainable construction development. In developing the first goal category, Lafarge worked within a framework developed in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund [...] The Titan Cement plant of Castle Hayne, NC is taking quite a hit from the residents of that area. What began three years ago as a fight against Titan’s acquisition of and subsequent building permits for the land has continued as a battle to shut down the newly operating plant. With an organized force (http://stoptitan.org/), the [...] On June 3, the Lehigh Permanente Cement Company, located in Cupertino, California, announced the launch of a new system to reduce mercury emissions at the plant by ninety percent. The system utilizes a powdered activated carbon (PAC) injection system to capture the mercury and ultimately trap it in the resultant concrete. The move comes in anticipation of [...] South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, was put on the radar of the cement industry as Cemex’s plant achieved production over a three day period using nothing but alternative fuels to fire the kilns. The fuel, known as Climafuel, is gathered locally from residential and commercial waste that would otherwise be sent to a landfill. In [...] The Indian cement industry faces a growing problem in the scarcity of coal to fire their kilns. Petitions to the government’s coal ministry go unanswered and demand far outweighs supply. Several companies are turning to alternative fuels for their power needs. Hari Mohan Bangur, a director of Shree Cement, said “As coal prices are rising, there [...] |
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