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B.C. cement company gets $5M CleanBC funding for carbon capture technologyThe 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.EnvironmentMay 15, 2023
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Lafarge barge runs aground in Esquimalt; no safety or pollution concerns, reports DFOAccording to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the incident took place Tuesday afternoon and the barge remains stuck between Harrison Island and McLoughlin Point.WeatherNov 30, 2022
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Nova Scotia residents concerned over dusty cement plant emission that coats carsOne Halifax resident says he witnessed a hazy cloud coming from the Lafarge cement plant Saturday night.EnvironmentSep 19, 2020
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Lafarge apologizes for ‘clinker dust’ released into Bath airBath's mystery dust is a granular form of cement, used as an ingredient to make concrete.CanadaNov 6, 2019
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Mystery dust in Bath leaves residents with worries and questionsBath residents are looking for answers after a white dust-like substance showed up on vehicles across the community over the weekendCanadaOct 28, 2019
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Lafarge Canada fined $400K in death of worker at former Zorra Twp. cement plant: Ministry of LabourThe 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
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LaFarge Brookfield cement plant burns scrap tires to reduce emissions and give up coalThe 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.EnvironmentSep 18, 2019
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Alberta Labour confirms Lethbridge workplace death was a medical eventAlberta 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 fuelThe 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.CanadaOct 10, 2018
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Judge dismisses residents’ court challenge of N.S. tire-burning projectIn 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.EnvironmentMar 20, 2018
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