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Ketton Cement Works is a large cement plant and quarry based in the village of Ketton in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom. Now owned by HeidelbergCement, the plant produces around one tenth of the UK's Portland Cement needs. Ketton works employs around 220 people. [citation needed]
At that time, the works was producing 1,580,000 tonnes (1,740,000 tons) of cement per year. [27] When the plant was hived off into its own company (Hope Construction Materials, which also operated other quarries) its market share of UK cement consumption was 12% (2012). [28] By 2018, the market share was 15%, though the market fluctuates. [29]
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Table 1 - Hydraulic Cement – World Leading Producers (million metric tons) [1] Country 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 Brazil 72 70 69 64 59 52 52 46 40 37 38 40 38 40 39 China (PRC) 2,500 2,420 2,210 2,100 1,880 1,630 1,390 1,350 1,200 1,040 934 813 705 627 583 Egypt 50 50 46 44 48 47 40 38 29 29 28 29