Cement News tagged under: Northern Ireland
Cemcor completes upgrade work14 June 2023, Published under Cement NewsCemcor has completed the upgrade work on its Cookstown plant in Northern Ireland, UK. Following the company's acquisition of the plant, it committed GBP6m (US$7.54m/EUR6.98m) to replace the electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) with a state-of-the-art bag filter at the plant. Within 14 months from final design agreement in March 2022, the new bag filter was commissioned and operational by May 2023. This investment project is centred around the abatement filter, with the filter separated ... |
Meeting the biodiversity challenge26 May 2023, Published under Cement NewsThis week saw the UN-sanctioned "International Day for Biological Diversity", dedicated to promoting its new theme "From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity". The next UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28, which takes place in Dubai, UAE at the end of the year will advance this agenda further, as well as take stock of the implementation of the Paris Agreement objectives for biodiversity. Recognition of biodiversity loss and the need to change damaging practices is a starting poin... |
Mannok Holdings records 18% rise in turnover in 202221 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsMannok Holdings 2022 operating performance for the 12 months ended 31 December 2022, saw turnover increased by 17.7 per cent on the prior year period from EUR269.9m to EUR317.7m, largely driven by inflationary induced pricing. Despite the inflationary environment, EBITDA was unchanged on the prior year period at EUR25.8m, reflecting a gradual pass through of rising input costs, fluctuations in the euro-sterling exchange rate and a softening of demand in response to price pressur... |
Cookstown Cement rebranded as Cemcor03 January 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Cookstown cement plant acquired in January 2022 by LCC Group and David Millar for GBP56m has been rebranded to Cemcor following significant investment from its new ownership. The Cookstown plant, originally known as Lafarge Cement Ireland, was acquired by Cookstown Cement from its parent company, the Switzerland-headquartered construction materials giant Holcim. Since then Cookstown Cement has been led and co-owned by David Millar, a former executive with Lafarge, who has 38 years o... |
Cookstown Cement rebrands to Cemcor04 November 2022, Published under Cement NewsCookstown cement plant in Northern Ireland acquired in January by LCC Group and David Millar for GBP56m (US$64.3m) has changed its name to Cemcor. The Cookstown plant, originally known as Lafarge Cement Ireland, was acquired by Cookstown Cement from Holcim. Since then Cookstown Cement has been led and co-owned by David Millar, a former executive with Lafarge. Cemcor has already begun to grow in stature with a GBP15m fleet of new branded tanker and curtain-sided vehicles on the roads ... |
CGF and Barclays to fund CCUS start-up company MOF Technologies13 October 2022, Published under Cement NewsClean Growth Fund and Barclays, via their Sustainable Impact Capital programme, have invested in MOF Technologies (MOF Tech) as part of their Series A funding round. An existing investor has also invested in the company at this time. A spin-out from Queen’s University Belfast, MOF Tech is a Northern Ireland-based company that has developed an energy efficient carbon capture solution to reduce harmful emissions from cement works, steel works, or energy-from-waste plants. It has world-le... |
Mannok's sales director becomes vice chairperson of MPANI30 March 2022, Published under Cement NewsPaddy Mohan, Mannok's Cement sales director, has taken the role of Vice Chairperson for the Mineral Products Association Northern Ireland (MPANI), an industry body which represents the entire mineral products industry in Northern Ireland and an organisation which Paddy has been a member of for 24 years. This new role marks an important milestone for Paddy as he previously had to step down from his role of vice chairperson shortly after he was elected in 2009 due to an illness. |
A new cement industry player emerges in Northern Ireland28 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThis 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 business26 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsHolcim 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... |
Quinn Cement takes delivery of new Feldbinder cement tankers28 July 2020, Published under Cement NewsQuinn Cement has received delivery of five new Feldbinder triaxle cement tankers as part of Quinn Building Products' Fleet and Mobile Plant Replenishment Programme in Northern Ireland. The new tankers have been paired up with tractor units purchased in the second half of 2019, said Quinn Cement. The tractor units have all been fitted with truck-mounted blowers, which are lighter and more efficient than traditional tank-mounted equipment. The combined trucks and trailers have performed well ... |