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Hanson Cement held an open day at the Ketton production facility every year in July. [4] In 2013 Lark Energy built a solar power farm on land reclaimed from a 1940s quarry. The second phase was opened in 2015 by Secretary of State for Energy Amber Rudd. [5] The solar farm provides 13% of the cement works' annual energy consumption. [6]
Pages in category "Cement companies of the United Kingdom" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
Blue Circle Industries was a British public company manufacturing cement. [1] It was founded in 1900 as the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. through the fusion of 24 cement works, mostly around on the Thames and Medway estuaries, together having around a 70% market share of the British cement market.
RMC Group plc (formerly "Ready Mixed Concrete Limited") was a ready mixed concrete, quarrying and concrete products company headquartered in Egham, United Kingdom.It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was acquired by Cemex of Mexico in 2005.
Hanson Cement was a cement production company located in the United Kingdom. It was called Castle Cement until it was rebranded in 2009. The company is now owned by HeidelbergCement, with the UK business managed by Heidelberg Materials UK. Hanson Cement has a long history dating back to the early 19th century, when it was founded as the ...
Cement companies of the United Kingdom (13 P) Pages in category "Building materials companies of the United Kingdom" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
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]