Cookstown Cement Kiln
Cookstown Cement Kiln is located in Northern Ireland and is owned by Cemcor.
The primary raw materials are Carboniferous Limestone from a quarry next to the site and Carboniferous Shale from a nearby deposit in Dungannon.
There is no waste permit or waste returns availabel on the NIEA website, but the site is known to have processed SRF in the past[1].
Site Details
| Parent | LCC Group |
|---|---|
| Company | CEMCOR |
| Licence Holder | Cookstown Cement Limited |
| Permit No | K003 |
| Site Name | Cookstown |
| Total Production | 0.48 |
'Total Production' is indicative total of Clinker and Cement
Background
WikiWaste has used the website Cement Plants and Kilns in Britain and Ireland[2] extensively for the histoical reference material for each individual cement kiln page.
Cookstown started operating in 1968 and up to 2015 had produced 17.4 million tonnes of clinker through 1 rotary kiln over this period.
The process at the site is a 'semi-dry process' from kiln supplier Polysius (part of the ThyssenKrupp group).
Ownership
- 1968 to 2001 Blue Circle
- 2001 to 2013 Lafarge
- 2013 to 2015 Lafarge Tarmac
- 2015 to 2022 LafargeHolcim(Lafarge Cement is part of Aggregate Industries, which was itself is owned by LafargeHolcim[2])
- 2022-Present Cemcor
References:
- CNCemnet Website 2015
- Cement Plants and Kilns in UK. The detail on this reference website is extensive and as WikiWaste is focused upon the UK waste and resource market, only the key plant highlights are captured from this website (and company websites accordingly) to provide background and context.
