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  1. Lloyd Smith on May 19th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Unless the Titan property has already been rezoned, the upcoming June 5 meeting of the Planning Commission meeting may be worth attending. See http://www.nhcgov.com/AgnAndDpt/PLNG/Documents/Agendas/2008%20Agendas/agen08_06_draft.pdf for the draft agenda. I have been trying to identify the parcel numbers involved, but to no avail.

  2. admin on May 19th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    Thanks, Lloyd - I’ve added that event and also made you an editor of the calendar (see email)

  3. admin on May 19th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Map to Community Building in Hampstead

  4. Mary Baker on May 20th, 2008 at 8:15 am

    What about ground water contamination? CR+6 is a problem already, if more water is removed from the aquier in that area how is that going to affect the movement of the contamination under the chromium plant in Castle Hayne.

  5. Ezra on May 23rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    Check out this article. Titan Cement reported $355 million in profits in 2007, and they are getting corporate welfare from the citizens of North Carolina? Yikes.

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUKL2691607820080226

  6. Nicole Sullivan on May 27th, 2008 at 8:14 am

    Ezra, I’m seeing that Titan Cement is a Greek company. Is Titan AMERICA a different company? Was that the profit for the Greek company or the AMERICA company? I’m confused. I’ve read other articles about Titan AMERICA and they didn’t fair so well in 2007.

  7. Paige Freeman on June 12th, 2008 at 7:53 pm

    Please be aware that this Sunday–June 15–at 10 am on WWAY TV3 (ABC) here in Wilmington, CAROLINA TALK news show will feature the proposed Titan Cement project in Castle Hayne, NC. Joel Bourne, who is involved with stoptitan.org, will be the guest, discussing with host Curtis Wright the impact this project could have on our area, along with the reactions from concerned residents. Tune in and learn more. See video of the proposed site and the crowded / emotional NHC commissioners meeting on June 2 that addressed the issue.

  8. Cindy Yates on June 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am

    It was advertised in the Star News that there will be a Titan Cement Forum at UNCW, Warwick Ballroom on June 30 at 7pm. It states there will be Titan reps & “experts” on hand to answer questions.
    You can go to Star news online, search Titan & on one of the searches, you can submit your questions for the forurm.
    I didn’t see this on your calendar, but I hope we have a good showing.

  9. Kelly S. on June 23rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm

    Thank you. An action alert is going out today and this will be part of it. We’ll add it to the calendar too. In the meantime the link is http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20080618/WORK/651756590 and you can fill out a form and submit your question for the forum online. The Star-News has asked a Titan rep., a StopTitan.org rep, someone from the county, a few other experts as well. Again, thanks for the update.

  10. Panayiotis Sofianopoulos on July 18th, 2008 at 7:28 am

    Hi to all you! I am from Greece and I saw this site while I was net-surfing. For Nicole Sullivan that is confused and ask about TITAN, the 335 mil. $ profits was for the whole TITAN Group. TITAN CEMENT is only a subsidiary company of the greek mother company TITAN. To be more specific, the american company TITAN CEMENT is the biggest (by far) subsidiary company of Mother Company. At the size of sales, if I remember well, it has almost the same sales with the Mother Company. But I want to say to you that here in Greece, Titan really cares about environment.

  11. Kelly Stryker on July 19th, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    Hi Panayiotis-thanks for your post. While I do appreciate your comment about Titan’s environmental concerns, please know the opposition is not against the corporation of Titan or the people who work for them, either in the US or in Greece. The opposition to Titan’s proposed cement plant is about the increased pollution this type of industry will bring to our air and water, the destruction of 600 acreas of wetlands, the 263 lbs. of mercury emissions, the possibility of contaminating our drinking water, the increased traffic and carbon monoxide pollution from truck hauling, the close proximity this plant will be to thousands of school children, most of them under the age of 10 years old—all so our beautiful coastal community can have its own local supply of cement, which, by my research, is not a commodity we need to produce here. We have the limestone, railway, port and water. The people forced to live with the environmental and health impacts of this plant will see little in the way of benefit, yet will be forced to live with the consequences for decades. With all due respect, the people who live here care about our environment too. In fact, we care so much about our environment we are determined to stop this cement plant before it has the chance to destroy what can not be fixed.

  12. Panayiotis Sofianopoulos on July 20th, 2008 at 4:55 am

    Hello Kelly. I respect yours feelings about the environment of your place. First of all health is above all. I must say to you that I don’t work at TITAN or any susidiary of TITAN. But I only wonder -just becouse TITAN in Greece have a good reputation for environmental matters- if TITAN CEMENT (the american subsidiary) considering that the american market is very, very important to TITAN, is willing to make a much more sophisticated cement plant, with all the necessary filters etc, so that: a) to meet and “relax” your fair environmental concerns, b) to achieve the grotwh that wants in the american market, c) to give jobs to your area (something that is good).
    So I mean that maybe you must examine the possibility to ask as a community from TITAN if is willing to take a higher cost for the contruction of its plant, so that it will not pollute the environment. If this is possible -and you can control {check} it-, then why not? Of course I am not an expert, but I believe that in 2008 a cement company and a company of any sector, can be “clear” for environment, suffice to will to take a higher cost for its plan. Relatively, sometime a few months ago, I had seen a TV documenteur with a dangerous chemical plant with such a biologic clearing system, that after all the procedure, someone could drink clear water, where in the begining of the procedure, it had dangerous with chemicals water.

  13. Kelly Stryker on July 20th, 2008 at 7:33 am

    All good points Panayioltis, but here’s the big issue. Titan might have a reputation of one of the better corporations in the cement industry, but it’s not about Titan. It’s about the industry. That is point number 1. Point number 2 is that we have 7 cement plants all in a fairly close proximity to us and it is unlikely it will benefit the citizens here…i.e. we, the people, will not notice a direct and obvious benefit from having cement made in our town and I would aruge there are many more alternatives to explore. Point 3: there have been some improvements in cement manufacturing over the century, but it is still a very dirty industry because it burns coal. Also, the industry trend is bigger plants, higher production, more automated technology = fewer needed employees. Also, the state of NC has a big issue with mercury—we rank in the top 10 of all states in the US for mercury emissions. Currently, mercury emissions from cement plants have no federal standards. Titan’s cement plant will not have to install any advanced, high-tech approach to mercury emissions because none are required at the regulatory level. The problem is simply that NC can not absorb another large source of emissions from a plant that burns coal in its operation. Additionally, there is no high tech approach to replacing 600 acres of wetlands (the wetlands are where they are for a reason), or to the increases in carbon dioxide (Titan’s approach is to plant trees) or to the increased ozone and smog causing emissions (which increase diseases like childhood asthma). NC already has a higher than average rate of childhood asthma. Again, if built today, this plant wiil the the 4th largest in US–with thousands of pounds of emissions released into our air and water, damaging our sensitive ecosystem. There is nothing good about it to me. 160 jobs are not worth, nor is cheaper cement. I am a mother, for me this is about my children and the children that live in this community. I also care deeply about the ecosystem, which is already overburdened by existing local industry. Pollution and mercury are not what we need. For me, it’s that simple. I do appreciate your comments, dialogue is important for the advancement of knowledge. I would also encourage you to read some of the resources on this website and other websites about the issues we have raised here. Thank you again for your comments.

  14. Panayiotis Sofianopoulos on July 21st, 2008 at 2:31 am

    Kelly, here in Greece we have a say “You can’t have the whole pie and the dog satiete at the same time”. That means that “you can not have everything yours”. That comment is for TITAN. For me it seems that if TITAN wants to expand in the big american market, must take care of yours (community’s) concerns and build a absolute “clear” factory (if this is possible) without regard to existents or not federal standards for all type of polluters.
    I will give you another idea and I will finish - furthermore I am not a resident of NC. But I make this communication with you because I am environmental sensitive not only for my land, Greece, but for the whole planet. This idea may by crazy but sometimes is usefull to say ideas from not. The only sure thing is that if you are not say ideas, you can not do anything.
    Do you know the “TROJAN HORSE”?
    The idea is your community to buy stocks of TITAN and then as shareholders, go to the Annual or Extraordinary Titan’s General Assembly and the company’s administration will hear you. They cann’t do otherwise. You can have a much more strong presence from inside, forwarding much more effectively yours demands. The administration can not do nothing but hear you and answer you. Moreover, the stocks of Titan in this time period are historically very cheap and they give a dividend yield of 3.35% (price: 23.3 Euros, dividend per share 0.77 Euros at 18th of July). Go to Titan’s site: “http://ir.titan.gr/home.asp?pg=stock_chart&lang=en” and see the graph of the stock.
    At the following link (path): “http://ir.titan.gr/uploads/annual_reports/2007/TITANAnnualReport_AnuualBulletin_2007_en.pdf” see Titan’s 2007 Annual Bulletin in English with all the information for the Group.
    I know all these because I’m in the stock excange racket, and that explains how I found yours site “StopTitan”. I was searching the internet for information about the stock’s large decline.
    Finally I must tell you that here in Greece, the investment audience (investors, shareholders, economic newspapers, etc) doesn’t know the very important development about the scheduled construction of the 4th bigger (! - if this is not a exaggeration) Cement Factory in US (at Castle Hayne) and the time-suspension of the big investment because of yours community reactions. I wonder why we do not know such an important development here in Greece…………….. ;-) ……………
    Enough from me.

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