Cemex to invest $10 million to cut emissions from 5 U.S. cement plants: Justice Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cemex Inc will invest about $10 million to cut emissions of harmful air pollution at five of its cement manufacturing plants to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act under a settlement announced by the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday. Cemex, a subsidiary of Cemex SAB de CV, will also pay a $1.69 million civil penalty, conduct energy audits at the five plants in Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas, and spend $150,000 on energy efficiency projects to mitigate the effects of past excess emissions of nitrogen oxides from its facilities, the Justice Department said in a statement. (Reporting by Mohammad Zargham)