A new Chatham House report argues that significant changes in how cement and concrete are produced and used are urgently needed if we are to achieve deep cuts in emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change. Making Concrete Change: Innovation in Low-carbon Cement and Concrete focuses on …
Himachal Pradesh is home to half a dozen mega cement plants, but consumers in the state continue to pay high prices for cement, higher than even neighbouring Punjab. The issue caught the state
A Parliamentary panel review of cement industry has instructed Dept. of Industrial Policy to direct all plants to comply with emission standards and suggested cement manufacturers to comply with corporate responsibility for environment protection. Cement is the most essential raw material in any kind of construction activity. Accordingly, cement industry …
Studies have shown that adverse respiratory health effects seen in the people exposed to cement dust, exemplified in increased frequency of respiratory symptoms and decreased ventilatory function, observed among cement workers could not be explained by age, BMI and smoking, thus are likely to be caused by exposure to cement …
GUWAHATI, Dec 8: Another industry that gets a huge amount of transport subsidy in States in the Northeast is cement industry. Of all the industrial units of different kinds, it is the cement industrial units that have got a major chunk of the transport subsidy. The cement manufacturing units of …
Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that the Madhya Pradesh Government has accepted a big challenge of constructing cement concrete roads in 52 thousand villages. He asked the construction agencies to use such techniques with which quality roads at less cost shall be constructed. While inaugurating …
SHILLONG: In bid to generate additional resources and revenues for the education and sports sectors of the State, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Meghalaya Cement Cess Bill 2010. The Bill was earlier proposed by the Taxation department to generate additional revenues for the two important sectors. Under the new …
Washington: Researchers have converted discarded plastic bottles in combination with soil to form a porous cement like substance that could be the construction material of the future. It could also considerably ease ecological hazard caused by billions of plastic bottles discarded every year. Naji Khoury, assistant professor of civil and …
Lafarge India Pvt Ltd, which is planning to set up a cement plant at Nongkhlieh in Jaintia hills, today said the company was fully committed to environment protection and compliance with other statutory regulations. The statement comes in the wake of recent protests by the people living in the proposed …
This report compiles a range of benchmark curves and indicators for energy intensive industries and products. The data presented cover approximately 55% of final manufacturing industry energy use including energy use in refineries. The analysis differentiates between ICs and DCs. Based on the benchmarking data, the study provides: an overview …
Bio-fuel derived from biomass will be the foundation of power generation in Sri Lanka in the future, Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. He was participating in an inspection tour of the Tokyo Cement Factory in Trincomalee recently. The Minister asserted that the power demand in the North …
Gridlock around Beijing has been a conspicuous problem as more Chinese buy private cars. Energy efficiency will also suffer as people shift from mass transit. The acknowledgment of difficulties by Zhang Laiwu, deputy minister for science and technology, comes as China has become the world
The latest report on Enabling frameworks for technology diffusion , the WBCSD puts forward six key elements to enhance investments and sales of low-carbon technologies in developing countries. These range from government signals to foster low-carbon solutions to engaging business more actively into the international and national climate change process. …
In 2009, for the first time since 1992, there was no growth in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel use, cement production and chemicals production. The recent credit crunch drove many industrialised economies into recession, particularly OECD countries and Russia, and led to a dramatic decrease in CO2 …
INDIA is likely to meet its target of reducing the emission intensity of the economy by 20 to 25% from the 2005 levels by 2020 going by its past record. The country reduced its per capita emission intensity between 1994 and 2007 by 30%, according to a report prepared by …
B G Shirsat / Mumbai May 6, 2010, 1:07 IST Increases in input cost have impacted operating margins of cement companies in the quarter ended March 31, down 187 basis points (bps) year-on-year despite an average price hike of Rs 30-80 a bag from the lows of the third quarter. …
New Delhi: The infrastructure sector continues to grow at a healthy rate. In March, the six key sectors crude oil, petroleum refinery, coal, electricity, cement and finished steel posted an annual growth of 7.2%, boosting prospects of a robust overall industrial growth in the month. The six sectors had grown …
