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New regulations to protect air and water will create tough challenges
for the cement industry. Norit offers a range of
products for mercury removal, plus a Compliance Solution Program (CSP)
to help cement manufacturers minimize compliance costs and simplify the
emission control process. CSP measures current emission levels,
evaluates treatment options, and conducts product testing at your plant.
Norit engineers are also experts at designing optimal storage and
transporting methods for bulk carbon. www.norit-americas.com
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Titan
America reorganizes executive team
Source: Titan America, Norfolk, Va.
A 13-year Titan America veteran, most recently head of the
Separation Technologies LLC subsidiary, Pat Borders has been named
president of Tarmac America LLC, Norfolk, Va. His promotion was
announced along with the appointment of Hardy Johnson as Chief
Government & Public Affairs Officer, coordinating strategies, plans and
actions across the enterprise…To read entire article, click
here.
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Holcim
Trident celebrates centennial
Source: Holcim (US) Inc., Waltham, Mass.
Approximately 200 associates, employees and their family members
gathered at Holcim’s Trident, Mo., cement plant on September 25 to
celebrate the operation’s 100th anniversary. Besides plant tours,
musical entertainment, and a barbeque lunch, the event offered remarks
by Holcim officials and local dignitaries…To read entire article, click
here.
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EPA
alerts CalPortland, Holcim, Lafarge of Climate Leaders
sunset
Sources: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.;
staff report
EPA is terminating Climate Leaders, a voluntary initiative launched
in 2002 under President George Bush. CalPortland Co., Lafarge North
America, Holcim (US) Inc., Aggregate Industries and other participants
from a broad range of businesses set greenhouse gas-reduction goals
based on corporate-wide emissions inventory…To read entire article, click
here.
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Coal
state lawmaker blasts EPA-proposed ash rule
Source: Office of U.S. Representative Alan Mollohan, West
Virginia, First District
Addressing the House on the evening of September 22, Rep. Alan
Mollohan (D-WV) blasted an Environmental Protection Agency proposal to
regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste. “We must not allow the EPA to
move forward with this jobs-killing proposal,” he said…To read
entire article, click
here.
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Environmental
fund manager implores feds to label coal ash hazardous
waste
Sources: Green Century Capital Management, Boston; staff
report
Environmentalists’ latest ploy enjoining the Environmental
Protection Agency to list coal combustion residuals (CCR) under Resource
Conservation & Recovery Act Subtitle C is a letter that suggests federal
CCR disposal regulation will prevent costly public health impacts…To
read entire article, click
here.
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5
million bbl-buttressed Hoover Dam turns 75
Sources: American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va.;
U.S. Department of Interior
Three-quarters of a century--nearly to the day--after President
Franklin Roosevelt’s 1935 dedication of what would become a universal
icon, ASCE will host a Hoover Dam 75th anniversary celebration and
symposium, October 21-22…To read entire article, click
here.
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Welcome to CEMENT NEWSLINE, the electronic
newsletter from Cement Americas. Submissions for
upcoming issues of CEMENT NEWSLINE or Cement Americas should be
directed to: Don Marsh, Editor, don.marsh@penton.com,
312-840-8483.
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