Cookstown Cement Kiln
| Cookstown Cement Kiln | |
 See Cement Kilns → page for a larger UK Wide map. | |
| Waste Licence | NorthernIreland |
| Operator | Aggregate Industries t/a Lafarge Cement |
| Parent Company | LafargeHolcim |
| Clinker Capacity | 0.48 Mt |
Summary site information collated from a variety of sources.
Overview
WikiWaste has used the website Cement Plants and Kilns in Britain and Ireland[1] 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. Cookstown started operating in 1968 and up to 2015 had produced 17.4 million tonnes of clinker through 1 rotary kiln over this period.
Ownership
- 1968 to 2001 Blue Circle
- 2001 to 2013 Lafarge
- 2013 to 2015 Lafarge Tarmac
- 2015 to Present LafargeHolcim (Lafarge Cement is part of Aggregate Industries, which itself is owned by LafargeHolcim[2])
The Process at Cookstown
The following summary diagram is from the Aggregate Industries website[3] which is a 'semi-dry process':
Raw Materials
The primary raw materials are Carboniferous Limestone from a quarry next to the site and Carboniferous Shale from a nearby deposit in Dungannon.
Waste Used on Site
The Cookstown site has no waste return to the NIEA for the most recent year of 2018 and therefore no further data is available on the use of waste on the site, although the site is ko#nown to take Waste Derived Fuel[4].