Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday vowed to push for major changes to a climate change bill that could move through a key committee next week, including a proposal to count nuclear power as a clean energy alternative. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will try by …
Dharamsala: A bag of cement costs more in Himachal Pradesh than Punjab despite the fact that a number of cement plants have come up in the state and their functioning is allegedly adversely affecting the natural resources of the state, besides causing pollution. Vikas Nehria, a resident of Bhagsunag who …
Industry contributes directly and indirectly (through consumed electricity) about 37% of the global greenhouse gas emissions, of which over 80% is from energy use. Total energy-related emissions, which were 9.9 GtCO2 in 2004, have grown by 65% since 1971. Even so, industry has almost continuously improved its energy efficiency over …
Energy-intensive industries could be offered exemptions by Australia's government on its 20 percent renewable energy target as financial tumult saps support for its climate change policies, a report said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would ask state leaders to sign off on further concessions for big electricity users including …
NEW DELHI: Shree Cement on Wednesday said it would invest Rs. 1,000 crore in the current fiscal to expand its production capacity, including setting up two greenfield plants and installing four captive power plants.
Chandan Kishore Kant / Mumbai April 22, 2009, 0:20 IST The ban on cement exports imposed last year has significantly pushed down overall exports of the building material, hitting an eight-year-low in FY09. Industry players and analysts said the current financial year might not be any different and exports would …
DUANJIALING (China): Less than a year ago, officials were pressing mines and factories along this limestone belt of northern China to shut down or move away to clear the air of dust and smog for the Beijing Olympics. Now, amid the global economic downturn, priorities have shifted. Cumbersome environmental reviews …
Sundernagar: Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Kaul Singh Thakur has criticised the BJP government for shifting the site of proposed cement plant to the Chambi area, which is thickly populated and that too on agricultural land. While talking to mediapersons here today, he said the Congress had signed MoU in …
JOWAI: Coal traders in Jaintia Hills under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising Jaintia Hills Trucks Owners' Association (JHTOA), Jaintia Social Welfare Organisation (JSWO) and Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners' Association have threatened to agitate if cements companies under Lumshnong area in the district failed to accede to their …
Chandan Kishore Kant / Mumbai April 10, 2009, 0:45 IST The growth rate of the domestic cement industry has hit a five-year low, in terms of both production and despatches, in FY09. The industry registered a growth of 7.75 per cent and 7.91 per cent in production and despatches respectively. …
Shimla: Social activists Medha Patkar and Sunderlal Bahuguna are expected to join the Himalaya Bachao Campaign, which would be kicked of in Himachal from Bilaspur district on April 9, where they would join activist groups from all over the state in the
The cement companies, which have signed MoUs with the Orissa government, for setting up of cement units in the state, will be asked to utilise 25 percent of the fly ash generated by them in various forms. This will be a mandatory condition for them and the Orissa government is …
Farmers of the Sundernagar region have opposed the construction of the cement plant being set up at Chambi on the ground that it would render the fertile agriculture field into waste land, degrade the environment and leave local people landless. A joint deputation of the joint forum of the Kisan …
An insight about the information on water consumption pattern in cement plant and potential areas for water conservation measures typical in Indian cement plants.
Four alternatives to disposal facilities 1) burn it with cement Cement manufacturers like Lafarge and Holcim have undertaken trial of co-processing hazardous waste in cement kilns that operate at 1,400
Engineers believe cement, a vast source of planet-warming carbon dioxide, could be transformed into a means of stripping the greenhouse gas from the atmosphere. A new environmentally friendly formulation means the cement industry could change from being a
