Consumers of tire-derived fuel and whole tires were thrown a curve in June of 2010 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first published its [more...]

Tire Business staff report SACRAMENTO (April 6, 2012) — The Natural Resources Committee of the California Assembly has scheduled an April 23 hearing on AB [more...]

Business Insider – The China Perspective China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection is working on far stricter emission standards for the country’s cement industry, and if [more...]

by the Witness Reporter … the mountain of scrap tyres currently stockpiled all over in South Africa. … and natural rubber — were successfully tested [more...]

After a delay of more than a year, state air-quality regulators have begun reviewing the application from Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua to burn old tires [more...]

Casing Shortages Blamed on Scrap Tire Exporting Tire Business | By Miles Moore, Senior Washington Reporter SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Exports of scrap tires from California to the [more...]

Congress Takes Action to Protect American Jobs PCA applauds passage of “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011” WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today’s bipartisan passage of “Cement Sector [more...]

The US State of Colorado’s environmental body has released its 2010 scrap tire report.  Of the 4.8 million scrap tires generated that year, 93% of [more...]

The latest release from the Portland Cement Association raises concern about how the looming debt crisis in the US will affect the already suffering cement [more...]

US cement plants are facing a decision to modernize or decommission in the face of new EPA emissions standards effective in 2013. The PCA, US [more...]

Having cut emissions by 21.7% since 1990, Lafarge has announced its goal to reach a 33% overall cut in emissions by 2020.  In an ongoing [more...]

    In this works since the 90′s, Drake Cement’s .66MTPA installation near Prescott, Arizona, USA is up and running, but plans to produce clinker [more...]

    Japan’s top cement maker is playing a role in Japan’s earthquake cleanup effort, and began incenerating hundreds of tons of debris at Taiheiyo [more...]

While Lafarge seeks to sell off a large chunk of its US assets, Columbia producer Cementos Argos has snapped up two cement plants in Alabama [more...]

On May 7, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued formal notice it would grant the company a permit for the experiment, starting a 14-day [more...]

After public outcry sank a proposal for a Newfoundland paper mill to use tire derived fuel, the province’s environmental body has found an alternate solution [more...]

A new study from SBI estimated the energy value of the world’s waste supply is enough to meet 10% of our electricity demands. With that [more...]

Since implementing Cap & Trade in the EU in 2005, fossil carbon output has dropped in the double digits.  But in the midst of a [more...]

A milestone was reached when the Cemex plant in the UK burned 100% waste derived fuel for three consecutive days. Article @Plant Engineer

To the credit of well reasoned public opinion, the EPA reversed its initial draft policy that would classify whole scrap tires as incinerated waste.  The [more...]

After a successful trial in 2009, ACC’s Kymore plant has stepped up its co-processing operations, receiving over 13,000 tons of waste from a nearby Unilever [more...]

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality released its 2009 scrap tire report last month.  The Agency monitors scrap tires from recovery to storage, transport and [more...]

After securing one of the nation’s largest stockpiles of scrap tires, GCC is poised to move forward this quarter with its tire fuel project for [more...]

TireBusiness.com reports that the EPA has asked federal courts to grant an extension on delivering a final ruling on it’s definition of solid waste and [more...]

In a recent article published in Nature, researches from the Post-Carbon Institute, send a warning that “peak coal” is expected to arrive within the next [more...]