Castle Cement
Castle Cement is the
UK arm of HeidelbergCement, the world-wide building materials
group. Heidelberg Cement was founded in Germany in 1873 and now
employs 36,000 people in 50 countries.
In the UK, 1,200 people work at Castle Cement plants at Ketton
in Rutland, Ribblesdale in Lancashire and Padeswood in North Wales,
as well as the head office in Birmingham and marine terminals in
Avon, Essex and Humberside.
Major developments
have taken place at each of the three cement-producing sites in
recent years, including the construction of a 65 metre, 420 tonne
kiln at Padeswood works and the creation of a Profuel alternative
fuel processing plant in Ketton. In Ribblesdale, a gas cleaning
system has been installed and the site has been given a permit to
use tyres as an alternative fuel. The most recent alternative fuel
introduced is Agricultural Waste Derived Fuel, (AWDF).