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A new cement industry player emerges in Northern Ireland

28 January 2022, Published under Cement News

This week Holcim continued its divestment strategy by selling its Northern Ireland cement business to the newly-formed Cookstown Cement Ltd . The total sale amounts to GBP55m and brings a new player into the Northern Irish cement sector. The divestment includes a number of businesses of Aggregate Industries that include the Cookstown cement plant , a limestone quarry and a shale quarry in Dungannon, plus a terminal at Belfast Harbour. Cookstown Cement plant, in County Tyrone, celebrated...

Holcim divests Northern Ireland cement business

26 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Holcim has sold its Northern Ireland cement business to Cookstown Cement Ltd for more than GBP55m, reports the BBC.  Cookstown Cement Ltd is a new local business that has acquired all of the business of Lafarge from Aggregate Industries (Holcim group).   The deal includes a cement plant and limestone quarry in Cookstown, a shale quarry in Dungannon and a facility at Belfast Harbour.  The new owners have committed to invest GBP12m in the facilities to upgrade environmental capabilitie...