Padeswood Cement Kiln

Padeswood Cement Kiln
Site Location See Cement Kilns → page for a larger UK Wide map.
Waste Licence	BL1096IB
Operator	Hanson Cement
Parent Company	Heidelberg Cement Group
Clinker Capacity	0.82 Mt

Summary site information collated from a variety of sources.

New Kiln at the Cement works, Padeswood - geograph.org.uk - 49768.jpg

Overview

WikiWaste has used the website Cement Plants and Kilns in Britain and Ireland extensively for the reference material for each individual cement kiln page. The detail on this reference website is extensive and as WikiWaste is focused upon the UK waste and resource market, only the key highlights are captured from this website (and company websites accordingly) to provide background and context. Padeswood started manufacturing clinker in 1949 and up to 2015 had produced 31 million tonnes of clinker through 4 rotary kilns over this period.

Ownership

• 1949 to 1968 Tunnel Portland Cement Co. Ltd
• 1968 to 1986 Tunnel Cement Ltd
• 1986 to 2009 Castle Cement Ltd (Rio Tino Zinc (RTZ) to 1989, Scancem to 1999, HeidlebergCement to 2009)
• 2009 to Present Hanson Cement UK (owned by HeidelbergCement)

The Process at Padeswood

The process at the site is an air-separated precalciner kiln, supplied by FLS (FLSmidth) which allows for the burning of alternative fuels.

Raw Materials

The primary raw materials are Carboniferous Limestone from Cefn Mawr Quarry, with coal measure shale and colliery waste from the Llay Main colliery tip, moving to Bersham Colliery in the future.

Waste Used on Site

The Padeswood site waste return to the EA for the most recent year showed the following wastes used on site:

Waste Class	Description	Tonnage Input
01 04 08	waste gravel and crushed rocks other than those mentioned in 01 04 07	0
02 02 02	animal-tissue waste	0
02 02 03	materials unsuitable for consumption or processing	0
06 02 01*	calcium hydroxide	0
10 01 02	coal fly ash	0
10 01 15	bottom ash, slag and boiler dust from co-incineration other than those mentioned in 10 01 14	0
10 02 13*	sludges and filter cakes from gas treatment containing dangerous substances	6,990
16 01 03	end-of-life tyres	0
16 08 04	spent fluid catalytic cracking catalysts (except 16 08 07)	0
19 01 13*	fly ash containing dangerous substances	0
19 02 08*	liquid combustible wastes containing dangerous substances	18,916
19 02 10	combustible wastes other than those mentioned in 19 02 08 and 19 02 09	0
19 08 05	sludges from treatment of urban waste water	0
19 08 13*	sludges containing dangerous substances from other treatment of industrial waste water	0
19 09 02	sludges from water clarification	0
19 12 01	paper and cardboard	0
19 12 04	plastic and rubber	0
19 12 10	combustible waste (refuse derived fuel)	19,974
19 12 11*	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of waste containing dangerous substances	106
19 12 12	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11	0

The majority of the tonnage listed was used for the primary purpose of substituting fuel requirements in the plant. In 2015 the tonnage was almost exclusively for the use of fuel and included Cemfuel (liquid waste solvents) 13,422 tonnes, MBM 7,284 tonnes and SRF 19,007.