UK: Hanson reopens GGBS grinding plant
Hanson has re-opened its ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) grinding plant at Teesport Docks in Middlesbrough, UK, creating 20 new jobs. The plant was mothballed during...
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Fly ash and slag cements Premium
While cements containing fly ash or GGBS have different strength properties to ordinary Portland cement, they also benefit from improved durability and workability. A key factor...
Ecocem to invest EUR5m in two UK terminals
Ireland-based Ecocem will open a new terminal at Runcorn, on the Manchester Ship Canal, to help the company import into the UK, and plans a second terminal later this year in th...
Loesche wins VRM slag grinding order
Yoo Gyeong CM Co of Korea has awarded a contract to Loesche for the grinding of granulated blast furnace slag at its brownfield KyungNam terminal. At the core of the order is a ...
South Korea: Loesche wins new order from Sun Cement
South Korea-based Sun Cement Co Ltd has placed an order for a Loesche vertical roller grinding mill for granulated blast furnace slag. Plans have been made to replace the curren...
CMA welcomes recent sale of UK plants
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has welcomed the sale of plants by Lafarge Tarmac and Hanson. In the Competition Commission’s (CC) market investigation report p...
Francis Flower acquires Hanson Cement's GGBS unit, UK
Mineral resources company Francis Flower yesterday announced the acquisition of the ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) facility in Scunthorpe, UK, from Hanson Cement. T...
Ecocem awarded first self-handling stevedoring licence for Dublin Port
Ecocem has been issued the first self-handling stevedoring licence at Dublin Port where it operates a slag grinding facility. Conor O’Riain, managing director of Ecocem Ireland,...
Spenner Zement commissions slag cement mill
Spenner Zement has started production of slag cement from its new blastfurnace slag grinding plant at Hüttenheim, Germany. At the end of February, the first truck with blastfurn...
UK regulator demands domestic shake up
The structure and conduct of the UK cement sector restricts competition, costing consumers around GBP50m annually, and therefore requires decisive market intervention, according...