Independent Resources

Best Practice/Guidelines

• Good Environmental Practice in the European Extractive Industry: A Reference Guide (385 kb)
  Centre Terre et Pierre (2000)
• Environmental Protection: Environmental Management in the Extractive Industry (Non-Scheduled Materials) – Environmental Management Guidelines (Draft for Consultation) (2.7 MB)
  EPA (Nov 2003)
• Biodiversity: Towards Best Practice for Extractive and Utility Companies (139 kb)
  Consultation Document at World Parks Congress, Insight Investment (13 September 2003)

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Assessment of Environmental Impacts of the Holcim Cement – Dundee Plant, Dundee, Michigan (81 kb)
  The Ecology Center (Jun 2003)
  
  
• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment of the Nghi Son Cement Corporation Project in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (67 kb)
  ADB (1996)
  
  
• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment of Lafarge Islam Cement Limited in the People's Republic of Bangladesh (42 kb)
  ADB (1997)
  
  
  
• A Survey of the Environmental Impacts of the Cement Industry (93 kb)
  Article by Nick Hawkins, Pomona College Environmental Analysis Program (2004)
  
  
• Vietnam: Unique Biodiversity Threatened by World Bank-Funded Cement plant (26 kb)
  Report, World Rainforest Movement (2003)

• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/home.htm

• http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/arabic/main/guides/Cement-En.pdf

• http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/impact_assessment/environmental_impact_assessment_guidelines/

• http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,1606,en.pdf

• http://www.nrca.org/business/guidelines/general/GuidelinesforConductEIA.pdf

• http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/environmentalimpactassessment
  
  

National Laws

• Spanish Laws about Environmental Impact (Cement), 2003 (18 kb)
  
  
• Tunisian Laws about Environmental Impact (Cement) (15 kb)

Karst Protection

• Directions in Development: Biodiversity and Cultural Property in the Management of Limestone Resources – Lessons from East Asia (9.1 MB)
  By Vermeulen and Whitten (World Bank) (1999)
  
  
• Guidelines for Cave and Karst Protection: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
  By WCPA Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection (1997)

Industry-related Resources

• Supporting Biodiversity at Cockburn Cement (202 kb)
  CIF
• The Indian Cement Industry – A Perspective of Environment Friendliness (90 kb)
  Article, Cement Manufacturers' Association

Miscellaneous

• Ex-Cement plant now Europe's largest composting plant (43 kb)
  ZERI Foundation
• Health and Environmental Threat Associated with Tire-Burning Cement Kilns (84 kb)
  Article, CANK
  
  
• Timeline of Harris Superquarry Campaign against Lafarge (71 kb)
  Friends of the Earth Scotland
• An Environmental Impact Assessment Tool
  Product Description, RIAM (Rapid Impact Assessment Matrix)
• The Destruction of Concrete: A Critique of the Cement Industry (51 kb)
  Briefing Paper, Minewatch Asia Pacific (1999)
• http://www.businessandbiodiversity.org/mining.html

• http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/environment/biodiversity.html

Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

• http://www.iaia.org/modx/assets/files/SP2.pdf
• http://www.unep.ch/etu/publications/29)%20211%20to%20222.pdf
• http://www.qpa.org/iss_key01.htm#local
• http://www.engagingcommunities2005.org/abstracts/Vanclay-Frank-final.pdf