Rugby Cement Kiln

Rugby Cement Kiln
Site Location See Cement Kilns → page for a larger UK Wide map.
Waste Licence	BL7248IH
Operator	Cemex
Parent Company	Cemex SAB de CV
Clinker Capacity	1.5 Mt

Summary site information collated from a variety of sources.

Rugby Cement Works - source aggregatesresearch.com

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. Rugby started manufacturing clinker in 1870 and up to 2015 had produced 33 million tonnes of clinker through 7 rotary kilns over this period.

Ownership

• 1870 to 1871 Rugby Blue Lias Lime and cement Co. Ltd
• 1871 to 1979 Rugby Portland Cement Co. Ltd
• 1979 to 2000 Rugby Group
• 2000 to 2005 RMC
• 2005 to Present Cemex

The Process at Rugby

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

Raw Materials

The primary raw materials were Blue Lias Limestone from a range of quarries over its life near to the site. More recently the raw materials are chalk from Kensworth Quarry (Dunstable) and clay from Southam Quarry.

Waste Used on Site

The Rugby site waste return to the EA for the most recent year of 2018 showed 176,851 tonnes of the following wastes used on site, primarily for the primary purpose of substituting fuel requirements in the plant:

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	15,209
16 01 03	end-of-life tyres	8,395
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	0
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)	166,098
19 12 11*	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of waste containing dangerous substances	0
19 12 12	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11	0

The large proportion of the RDF/SRF used by Cemex (and named by the 'Climafuel') is supplied by Suez from their PPP contracts with Rugby and Birmingham via Malpass Farm site.