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Canada: Residents of Exshaw and Lac des Arcs, Alberta, near Lafarge Canada’s Exshaw cement plant, have filed a lawsuit over allegedly increasing dust emissions from the plant. Postmedia Breaking News has reported that law firm Napoli Shkolnik Canada said that dust spills occur ‘regularly.’ The plant’s operations allegedly also blacken snow on the ground in the area and have caused ‘severe’ odours and ‘violent’ tremors.

Australia: Western Australia’s environment minister Reece Whitby has questioned the efficacy of tests submitted by Cockburn Cement in relation to its Munster lime plant in May 2023. The tests showed successes in odour reduction during sand feeding at the plant’s Kiln 6. Business News Western Australia has reported that the government and an independent expert have raised ‘areas of concern’ as to whether the trial represents normal operating conditions for the kiln.

David Scaife, who represents Cockburn District in the Western Australia Legislative Assembly, said "My gripe is not with the workers, it is with the senior management and the directors of Cockburn Cement and its owner, Adbri, who have refused to do the right thing either by moving the lime manufacturing operations to its Kwinana facility or at least making the investments necessary to eliminate the odour."