Cement News tagged under: Hanson Cement
UK: Hanson Cement set to expand Padeswood26 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsHaving staved off closure, Hanson Cement's Padeswood plant is now looking to expand with a rail link and additional cement capacity in a new GBP1.2m investment project. The scheme will see staff numbers at the Flintshire site double to nearly 100 staff at Padeswood and the nearby Cefn Mawr Quarry. The turnaround has occurred after an increase in local house building and other construction activity has improved cement demand. Work is underway on a new cement line and the plant is also co... |
Hanson plans Padeswood expansion, UK30 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsHanson Cement has submitted plans for expansion of its packaging facilities at its Padeswood cement works in north Wales, UK. Just two years ago, the plant faced the threat of closure due to depressed construction levels. However the company decided to run the Padeswood works at half capacity in the hope the situation would improve. “We have three plants – one in Padeswood, one in Lancashire and one in Lincolnshire. We only really needed two and Padeswood would probably have been the one... |
UK: Hanson Cement initiates solar power plant08 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsLark Energy, working in partnership with Armstrong Energy, has successfully completed and connected a 9MW solar power farm at Hanson Cement’s Ketton works in Rutland. The solar plant has been built on 20ha of former quarry belonging to Hanson Cement. The 38,544 modules will generate enough energy to cover around 10 per cent of the Cement work’s annual consumption. This will not only reduce the company’s carbon emissions but will also contribute to improving the per capita carbon emissions... |
UK watchdog to force Hanson to sell GGBS production facility14 January 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe UK’s Competition Commission (CC) plans to force Hanson to sell off one of its facilities as part of a move to introduce a fifth player to the market to increase competition. In its final report into the domestic aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete markets, the CC said identified competition problems resulting from there being only one domestic producer of GGBS in Great Britain (Hanson) with exclusive rights to use the output of Lafarge Tarmac, the single domestic producer of GBS.... |
UK: Hanson looks to recruit more staff, raise output01 November 2013, Published under Cement NewsHanson Cement has said it is looking to recruit more staff and could see its production levels return to normal by the end of January next year as confidence in the UK’s construction industry recovery builds. The company has scaled back production over the last few years in light of the UK’s construction downturn. It operates two cement works in England – at Ketton in Rutland and Ribblesdale in Lancashire – and one in Wales, at Padeswood in Flintshire. The Lancashire Telegraph reported tha... |
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... |
Hanson Cement inquiry cost nearly GBP500,000, UK09 July 2012, Published under Cement NewsAn inquiry into health concerns at Hanson Cement’s Padeswood plant in Wales cost almost GPB500,000 (EUR630,000). Concerns by residents living near the cement works prompted a study by the Welsh government which lasted for two years. No links between the factory and levels of cancer and other illnesses were found, the report concluded last year. The Hanson Cement Investigation Response Team said the total cost of the investigation had been estimated at more than GBP480,000. It involved ... |
Fire at Hanson’s Ketton works, UK20 June 2012, Published under Cement NewsFirefighters were called to an underground blaze at Hanson Cement’s Ketton works where a conveyor belt caught fire. Once the power in the affected area was switched off, crews took just 30 mintues to extinguish the blaze. Plant manager, Mark Cox, said the fire began because one of the conveyor belts stopped and the clinker it was carrying set the rubber conveyor belt alight. Mr Cox added: “The hot clinker ignited a 10ft section of the belt. We phoned the fire brigade in line with our in... |
New order for Renault Premium from Hanson UK06 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsHanson Cement, has taken delivery of six Renault Premium 460.25 6x2 tractor units with Privilege cabs. In an important deal for Renault Trucks UK, these are the first Renault Premiums to join Hanson Cement’s 200-strong fleet of Mercedes Benz and Volvo tractor units. The new Premiums operate out of Ribblesdale in Clitheroe and Ketton in Rutland, pulling Felbinder 40 cubic metre powder tank trailers for bulk cements and low height curtain siders to transport packaged products nationwide. ... |