Lafarge

• B.C. cement company gets $5M CleanBC funding for carbon capture technology

  The money will go to Richmond-based Lafarge Canada to help develop technology to capture and re-use carbon dioxide produced as a byproduct of the cement manufacturing process.

  Environment

  May 15, 2023
  
• Lafarge barge runs aground in Esquimalt; no safety or pollution concerns, reports DFO

  According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the incident took place Tuesday afternoon and the barge remains stuck between Harrison Island and McLoughlin Point.

  Weather

  Nov 30, 2022
  
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• Nova Scotia residents concerned over dusty cement plant emission that coats cars

  One Halifax resident says he witnessed a hazy cloud coming from the Lafarge cement plant Saturday night.

  Environment

  Sep 19, 2020
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• Lafarge apologizes for ‘clinker dust’ released into Bath air

  Bath's mystery dust is a granular form of cement, used as an ingredient to make concrete.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2019
• Mystery dust in Bath leaves residents with worries and questions

  Bath residents are looking for answers after a white dust-like substance showed up on vehicles across the community over the weekend

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2019
• Lafarge Canada fined $400K in death of worker at former Zorra Twp. cement plant: Ministry of Labour

  The company, a subsidiary of Swiss industrial giant LafargeHolcim, pleaded guilty in Woodstock court on Jan. 11 and was handed the sentence Sept. 20.

  Sep 20, 2019
• LaFarge Brookfield cement plant burns scrap tires to reduce emissions and give up coal

  The LaFarge Brookfield cement plant began burning 20 tonnes of scrap tires a day this summer to fuel its cement-making operations while moving away from burning coal to help reduce the plant’s carbon footprint.

  Environment

  Sep 18, 2019
• Alberta Labour confirms Lethbridge workplace death was a medical event

  Alberta Labour confirmed to Global News that Occupational Health and Safety’s investigation into a workplace death in Lethbridge was deemed a medical event. Matt Battochio reports.

  Jan 17, 2019
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• N.S. cement plant receives approval to burn tires as fuel

  The Environment Department issued the industrial approval today to the Lafarge plant in Brookfield, N.S., allowing it to conduct a one-year pilot project to incinerate tires.

  Canada

  Oct 10, 2018
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• Judge dismisses residents’ court challenge of N.S. tire-burning project

  In a written decision, Justice James Chipman of the provincial Supreme Court says the environment minister's approval of a tire burning project at the Lafarge cement plant in Brookfield, N.S., was reasonable.

  Environment

  Mar 20, 2018