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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 [...] 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 [...] Residents of the Jordanian town of Qadisiyah are actively demonstrating against the Rashadiyeh cement factory, an affiliate of Lafarge, which plans to burn tires and oil shale to supplement its fossil fuel program. The villagers are concerned over the potential health and environmental concerns that the new fuel will pose. After demonstrating for an hour or so, [...] 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 [...] As part of its aggressive emissions reduction goals, Lafarge’s plant in Bath, Ontario, Canada, began research and testing of new biomass fuels for its kiln in the middle of 2008. Lafarge partnered with Performance Plants, Inc. to develop a string of seeds that are heat and drought resistant and that can grow on otherwise unproductive farmland. [...] As Lafarge has recently beaten its emission reduction goal, we have time to reflect back on one of the processes the French company used to reach their target. They developed, implemented, and successfully tested a process to re-use waste gypsum and plasterboard products gathered from South Korean construction sites. The by-products from these sites have become a [...] French cement company Lafarge set a goal for itself to reduce its carbon footprint by twenty percent by 2010. The company has recently announced that it has beaten its goal by a full year. Lafarge claims to have reduced its footprint by 20.7% as of the end of 2009. Lafarge plans on continuing its green trend [...] Despite predictions that the global recession is beginning to slowly right itself, many cement companies are still experiencing tough financial situations. Many large producers have posted losses in the 2009 fourth quarter, but are holding high hopes for increased business throughout 2010. French-based company Lafarge posted a loss of $51.76 million dollars (38 million Euros) after earning [...] Lafarge says they will double their commitment in India over the next five years. Bruno Lafont, Chairman and Global CEO says that Lafarge primarily intends to expand organically through greenfield plant construction, but that they will not rule out acquisitions if the opportunities present themselves. Lafarge expects a consolidation in the Indian cement market in the [...] Yesterday, while Lafarge was announcing a 750 million Euro bond issue to solidify its short term dept, Holcim was suprrising many in the industry by announcing an acquisition of Cemex assets in Austrialia for a significant 1.6 billion dollars. Analysts characterized the deal as “too good to pass up” for Holcim. Still, in the current business [...] |
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