Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement
Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement is a
supplier of heavy building materials and construction services. The
Tarmac Group is a subsidiary of the Anglo American Group, a global
player in the mining and natural resource sectors. The total
workforce in Tarmac Building Products is almost 3000, of which
about 250 work in the lime and cement operations.
Tarmac Buxton Lime & Cement has two installations at Buxton
in Derbyshire. At Hindlow, only lime is manufactured, while lime,
cement and limestone for chemical and construction use are produced
at Tunstead, to the north of Buxton.
At its Tunstead headquarters,
Tarmac Buxton Lime & Cement has invested £110m capital in a new
pre-calciner dry process cement plant, which replaced the existing
37-year-old wet-process plant. Benefits of the new works include an
annual capacity of 800,000 tonnes, improved energy efficiency and
reduction of particulate and gaseous emissions.
The project included provision for three rail-linked cement
distribution depots at Leeds, Birmingham and London.