Lehigh Cement Plans to Invest $33 Million in Air Pollution Control in Iowa

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Houston, Texas). Lehigh Cement Company (Allentown, Pennsylvania) is planning to invest $33 million to reduce air pollution at their Mason City, Iowa plant (PEC 29000821). The company was sued by the state of Iowa in 2000, and as part of a court order they were fined $150,000 dollars and required to install air pollution equipment.

Lehigh plans to install several wet scrubbers and SNCR units to reduce 5,000 tons per year of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emissions from the 800,000 ton per year plant. Lehigh plans to begin construction of the project in early 2004 and will complete within 24 months.

Lehigh Cement Company has been operating since 1897. Lehigh products are used by ready-mix concrete suppliers and for numerous highways, architectural, industrial and marine applications. Lehigh employs nearly 6,000 people in North America and generates sales of more than $1.7 billion annually in the United Sates. Lehigh's annual production makes it the fifth largest portland cement producer in North America.