CEMEX: U.S. Unit Accrues $27.6MM at April 30 for Envt’l. Matters

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. says that, as of April 30, 2011, affiliate CEMEX, Inc. and its subsidiaries had accrued liabilities specifically relating to environmental matters in the aggregate amount of about US$27.6 million.

The environmental matters relate to:

– The disposal of…

CEMEX SAB: Cites $62Mil for Capital Expenses, Cleanup at Dec. 31

CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V.’s environmental capital expenditures and remediation expenses were about US$62 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2008.

The Company regularly incurs capital expenditures that have an environmental component or that are impacted by environmental regulations. However, the…

CEMEX SAB: Cites GBP125M Expenses for Landfill Sites at Dec. 31

CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V.’s future expenditure on closed and current landfill sites in Great Britain have been quantified on a net present value basis in the amount of about GBP125 million (about US$182 million), and an accounting provision for this…

CEMEX SAB: Records MXN4.785B for Envt’l. Liabilities at Dec. 31

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.’s remediation and environmental liabilities were MXN4.785 billion as of Dec. 31, 2008, compared with MXN4.087 billion as of Dec. 31, 2007.

Nuevo Leon, Mexico-based CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.’s sales comes from cement. The Company has an annual…

CEMEX SAB: Latvian Agency Still to Appeal on Cement Plant Permit

CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. says that a Latvian environmental protection organization (Applicant), as of June 30, 2009, has yet to appeal the Court of Appeal’s ruling over a permit on Company’s cement plant in Latvia.

The Applicant initiated a court administrative…

CEMEX SAB: U.S. Unit Accrues $40M Envt’l. Liability at March 31

CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V.’s subsidiary in the United States, CEMEX, Inc., and its subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2009, had accrued liabilities specifically relating to environmental matters in the aggregate amount of about US$40.1 million.

The environmental matters relate to:

– The…

ROHM & HAAS: Continues to Monitor Groundwater at Certain Sites

Rohm and Haas Company is continuing groundwater remediation and monitoring programs after major remediation for certain sites, such as Kramer, Whitmoyer, Woodlands, Charlie Burch and Goose Farm has been completed.

Reserves for these costs have been established.

In addition, the Company has…

FOUR QUARTERS: Gets $6,000 Fine for Unregistered Pesticides

LOS ANGELES, California — November 6, 2008 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Four Quarters Wholesale, Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif., distributor of general merchandise, $6,000 for distributing unregistered pesticides in violation of federal pesticide law.

The EPA determined…

JOHNSON INT’L: Developer to Settle Clean Water Breaches in Ariz.

WASHINGTON — October 7, 2008 — An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway…