Meeta Narayan's blog : Dragon Portland Cement
Dragon Portland Cement
Cement is the most important ingredient in concrete, which is the world’s 2nd most consumed thing after water. Portland cement is a local product that is made in Britain and even invented in the UK. No school, house, road, hospital, or bridge could be built without it. The cement industry contributes nearly a billion pounds annually to the UK economy. It operates 12 manufacturing and two grinding and blending plants and produces around ten million tonnes of Portland cement a year, representing about 90% of the cement sold in the UK.
What is the Cement Manufacturing industry in the UK?
Companies in this industry manufacture clinkers and hydraulic cement, including Portland cement, aluminous cement, and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) cement.
Industry Products and Services
- Portland cement
- Other hydraulic cement
- Cement clinker
- Aluminous cement
- Sonstige
Industry Activities
- Portland cement manufacturing
- Clinker manufacturing
- Other hydraulic cement manufacturing
- Aluminous cement manufacturing
Also Read: Top Cement Companies in South Africa
Top Cement Manufacturers in Uk
The list of top cement companies in us are as follows.
- Cemex.
- Hanson Cement.
- Breedon Cement.
- Lafarge Cement.
- Tarmac Cement.
- Dragon Alfa Cement.
- Southern Cement.
- Titan Cement.
1. Cemex
CEMEX Cement is a global building Bulk Cement Suppliers UK with a presence in 50+ countries. In the UK, CEMEX holds the leading positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete. With more than a century’s worth of experience, the company serves all sectors of the major civil engineering contractors, including concrete product providers, the construction industry, ready mixed concrete manufacturers, and builders’ merchants.
In the UK, CEMEX has 3 cement plants, including the country’s largest cement manufacturing facility in Warwickshire, Rugby, where cement has been produced since the year 1860s. In the year 1990s, a number of old kilns were closed and replaced with award-winning kiln and a modern in Rugby that integrates pollution control in the design and has reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by 95% compared to the output of the previous kilns.
2. Hanson Cement
Hanson Cement is one of the UK’s best and cement suppliers UK of heavy building and construction materials to the construction industry, and it is a part of the HeidelbergCement Group, a global business with leading market positions in cement, aggregates, and ready-mixed concrete.
The UK cement division operates Padeswood in North Wales, kilns at Ketton in Rutland, and Ribblesdale in Lancashire, and also produces ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), a cement replacement in precast concrete and ready-mixed, at Purfleet in Essex and Port Talbot in South Wales. The division includes a packed products business that sells a range of bagged cement and aggregates.
Major developments at the three cement work in current years include investments to increase the use of alternative fuels in the kilns. These include profuel – a solid kiln fuel manufactured from plastic, paper, and fibrous wastes that are either uneconomic or impossible to recycle – and solid recovered fuel (SRF), which is made from domestic waste and biomass.
3. Breedon Cement
Breedon Cement’s headquarter is located in Derbyshire. Breedon Cement operates the UK’s largest cement factory or plant by capacity, production capacity around 1.5 MT (million tonnes) of cement each year, supported by almost 20 years of limestone reserves. It also imports cementitious products through two terminals in Scotland and northern England.
4. Lafarge Cement
Lafarge Cement group is run by Aggregate Industries, a leading brand in the infrastructure and construction industries.
Lafarge Group supplies and produces a wide range of construction materials, including asphalt, aggregates, precast concrete, and ready-mixed concrete products. Lafarge Group also imports, supplies, and produces cement materials and offers contracting service and a national road surfacing.
Lafarge prides itself on best practices in sustainability, Lafarge Group having become the first company to be certificated to BES 6001, The Framework Standard for the Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products, developed by a founding member of the UK Green Building Council and the BRE (Building Research Establishment). Aggregate Industry is a member or part of the LafargeHolcim Group.
5. Tarmac Cement
Tarmac Cement is the UK’s leading and best sustainable construction solutions and building materials business. Our innovative solutions and services help us to deliver the infrastructure and industry needed to grow the economy currently and create a more sustainable built environment to support our future prosperity.
Also Read: Top 10 Cement Companies in Japan
6. Dragon Alfa Cement
Dragon Cement is the best and leading cement import company in the UK. Dragon Cement has been successfully importing cement into the UK for the last 30+ years through our terminals in Portland and Sharpness.
7. Southern Cement
Southern Cement is fully operated by Irish Cement Ltd. It is Ireland’s leading cement producer for 80+ years.
Both companies, Southern and Ireland are the part of CRH Group,and it is an international leader in building materials.
8. Titan Cement
TITAN Group is an international cement and building materials producer aspiring to serve the needs of society, while contributing to sustainable growth with responsibility and integrity.
The Group has cement production facilities in 10 countries and presence in more than 15 countries. With an annual capacity of 27 million metric tons of cement and cementitious materials, it employs about 5,500 people worldwide.
We create value through the transformation of raw materials into building products, their distribution to customers and the provision of related services, serving the societal need for safe, durable, resilient and affordable housing and infrastructure.
By actively participating in global collaborations and international organizations we aim to address global sustainability challenges, under the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. We are a participant of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and a core member of CSR Europe the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA).
The Group’s parent company is TITAN Cement International (TCI), a Belgian company listed on Euronext Brussels, Euronext Paris and Athens Exchange. TITAN Cement International became TITAN Group’s parent company following the successful completion of a Voluntary Share Exchange Offer submitted to the shareholders of TITAN Cement Company S.A., the Group’s former parent company, which is based in Greece. The statutory seat of TCI is in Brussels, while its seat of management is in Cyprus.
Also Read: Top 10 Cement Companies in China
- Career
- Digital