Through 3,000-plus hours of technical assistance and energy management training last year, Roanoke Cement Co.’s Plant A Star program saw staff position a group of ready mixed concrete customers to reduce plants’ electricity consumption by an estimated 15 %.
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Environmentalists move to nix fly ash From LEED point consideration
Environmentalists’ latest weapon to undermine the use of coal in power generation follows a curious trajectory: The U.S. Green Building Council’s public comment process for LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] rating system revisions. A group comprising federal and state environmental and law enforcement agency officials, PEER contends that construction-grade–the most widely used coal combustion residual (CCR)–should not qualify…
Read More‘Carbon emissions free’ cement targeted to meet green construction materials demand
Mexico’s Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V., announced that consolidated net sales increased 1% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $3.5 billion and decreased 3% for the full year to $14.1 billion, versus the comparable periods in 2009. Operating EBITDA increased 2% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to $482 million and decreased 13% for the full year to $2.3 billion.
Read MoreAsh Grove gets closure on Texas wet-kiln-cement refusal
Almost two years after Ash Grove filed a federal lawsuit against Dallas’s refusal to buy its wet-kiln-made cement as a violation of the state’s competitive bidding laws, Dallas and Arlington, the only two parties who kept fighting Ash Grove in federal court, have negotiated a proposed settlement that will bring the litigation to a close. Dallas was one of the…
Read MoreCemex to pay $1.4 million for Clean Air Act violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced recently that Houston-based Cemex, Inc., one of the largest producers of portland cement in the United States, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million penalty for Clean Air Act violations at its cement plant in Fairborn, Ohio, acquired by Cemex in 2000. In addition to the penalty, Cemex…
Read MoreCemex seeks state permission to test burn alternative fuels at Brooksville kilns
Cemex Construction Materials Florida LLC has applied to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for a short-term trial testing of a list of alternative products the company wants to burn to operate the plant’s cement kilns, including plastic agricultural film; agricultural waste, such as animal bedding, citrus peels and rice hulls; carpet-derived fuel; woody biomass; roofing shingles; paper; and…
Read MoreAnglo American, Lafarge to create a leading UK construction materials company
Anglo American plc and Lafarge SA announce their agreement to combine their cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and contracting businesses in the United Kingdom, comprising Tarmac Limited and Lafarge Cement UK, Lafarge Aggregates and Concrete UK.
Read MoreDelays expected on Holcim New Zealand cement plant
A decision on whether a new $400 million cement plant will be built near Weston is now not expected until the second half of this year. Holcim NZ, which has resource consents to build the plant, had hoped its parent company in Switzerland, Holcim Ltd, would make a decision before the middle of the year. However, Holcim NZ has now…
Read MoreCemex launches new corporate website
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., of Monterrey, Mexico, announced in mid-February the launch of its newly redesigned corporate website: www.cemex.com, which incorporates state-of-the-art web technology, and most importantly, aims to significantly improve the user experience of the many Cemex stakeholders visiting the site. The new site features new content and enhanced use of multimedia applications such as videos, photos, and interactive…
Read MoreJudge rules Lafarge barge did not cause Katrina flooding
A story reported on InsuranceJournal.com said that a federal judge ruled that a barge that landed on top of several homes in the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans did not cause the floodwall to break during Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. of New Orleans exonerated Lafarge North America Inc. of negligence for a series of decisions…
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