Cement News tagged under: UK
Lafarge Tarmac celebrates Dunbar cement plant’s 50th anniversary, UK05 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsLafarge Tarmac has celebrated a milestone anniversary at its landmark Dunbar plant, Scotland’s only cement manufacturing operation. The Dunbar plant is one of East Lothian’s most enduring businesses and has helped build the equivalent of 6.5 million houses since it was founded. Many of its employees have been there for a large part of its life, with three 35-year long service awards also being awarded to current employees at the event. Based in East Lothian, the Dunbar Plant marked its... |
Cemex Tilbury reaches cement production milestone, UK30 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Cemex grinding and blending cement plant at Tilbury, UK, has produced its millionth tonne of cement and has also achieved an increase of 26 per cent in production, while decreasing its consumption of energy by 28 per cent since it was opened in 2009. The 1Mt of cement will make approximately 300,000m3 of concrete for use in construction projects. When it opened in 2009, Tilbury was the first plant in the country to install vertical cement mill technology which has led to energy savin... |
Cementos Lemona starts exports to UK18 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsSpain’s Cementos Lemona has initiated exporting cement to the UK. The first shipment of 13,000t of cement will be delivered to Southern Cement, also owned by Lemona’s parent company, CRH. As part of an asset swap undertaken earlier this year, Cementos Portland Valderrivas (CPV) transferred its 99 per cent stake in Cementos Lemona SA to CRH. In addition to the Cementos Lemona assets, which has cement, ready-mix and aggregates operations in Bilbao, Spain, the deal included CPV’s Southern ... |
Dudman sells UK cement trading business04 July 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe privately-owned Dudman is withdrawing from cement trading and has sold its four English cement terminals, in Sussex, Suffolk, Yorkshire and Merseyside and its one terminal at Montrose in Scotland to CRH. This will take the number of Irish multinational's British marine terminals to seven, all of which will be supplied from either Ireland or from the Cementos Lemona works in Spain. Dudman is keeping its five ready-mixed concrete batching plants in Sussex and Hampshire as well as ... |
MPA welcomes spending review but reiterates need for accelerated delivery28 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Mineral Products Association (MPA) of the UK welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to increase public investment to over GPB50bn per year from 2015-16 as well as the announcements on infrastructure, but remains concerned about the need for short term investment prior to the election. Nigel Jackson, Chief Executive MPA, said: “We have heard the words, we now need a greater sense of urgency and accelerated delivery to create confidence for the private sector to invest to really boost gro... |
Competition Commission findings may force UK disposals21 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe UK’s Competition Commission (CC) is lining up a range of measures to open up the UK cement market including the possible disposal of plants and reduction of capacity, after provisionally finding that the sector's structure and conduct limit competition. The CC has published a summary of its provisional findings in its market investigation into the supply of aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete in Great Britain. The regulator said on Tuesday that the UK market is highly concent... |
MPA survey indicate further decline in UK construction activity22 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsSurvey results by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) results for the first quarter of 2013 confirm the slow start to UK construction activity in 2013 and it has expresed the urgent need for accelerated delivery of promised funding and projects. However, while construction output is expected to decline again this year, the Construction Products Association has forecast a recovery in 2014 and beyond. Compared with the first quarter of 2012, MPA data released Friday shows sales of const... |
CPA: UK construction output, growth ‘conceals underlying trend’15 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe latest figures from the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) published Friday indicated a pick-up in February as the industry recovered from the poor weather experienced in January. Overall, construction output in February was 5.5 per cent higher than in January but 7.0 per cent lower than it was one year ago. Commenting on the figures, Construction Products Association Economics Director, Noble Francis said: “It was expected that construction output in February would be considera... |
UK construction declines for fifth straight month05 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsUK construction sector shrank for the fifth consecutive month in March but expectations for the sector have improved. Markit’s latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for constructors came in at 47.2 last month – up from 46.8 in February, but still below the 50 mark that indicates no change. Eight of the last 10 months have seen activity of the construction industry decline, the data shows. “The construction sector seems to have a spring in its step as confidence hit its highest level... |
Cemex UK wins Gold Status for fleet system03 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsFrom over 1900 companies, Cemex UK is one of 10 companies to achieve Gold Status in the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) run by Transport for London (TFL). Cemex has been a member of the scheme since 2008 and has cement tankers, aggregate tippers and readymix concrete trucks delivering vital building materials to construction projects in London. FORS, a voluntary certification scheme, is a method of recognising fleet operations in the Capital that meet with the required standa... |