Hope Cement Kiln

Hope Cement Kiln
Site Location See Cement Kilns → page for a larger UK Wide map.
Waste Licence	BP3731VJ
Operator	Breedon Cement
Parent Company	Breedon Group
Clinker Capacity	1.3 Mt

Summary site information collated from a variety of sources.

Hope Cement Works - Global Cement Website

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. Hope started manufacturing clinker in 1929 and up to 2015 had produced 68 million tonnes of clinker through 7 rotary kilns over this period.

Ownership

• 1929 to 2001 BPCM (G&T Earle)(Blue Circle)
• 2001 to 2013 Lafarge
• 2013 to 2017 Hope Construction Materials
• 2017 to Present Breedon Cement (part of the Breedon Group)

The Process at Hope

The process at the site is similar to that at Cookstown - a 'semi-dry process' from kiln supplier Polysius (part of the ThyssenKrupp group).

Raw Materials

The primary raw materials are Carboniferous Limestone and Boulder Clay and Carboniferous Shale.

Waste Used on Site

The Hope site waste return to the EA for the most recent year of 2018 showed 147,546 tonnes of 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	75,187
10 01 15	bottom ash, slag and boiler dust from co-incineration other than those mentioned in 10 01 14	595
10 02 13*	sludges and filter cakes from gas treatment containing dangerous substances	0
16 01 03	end-of-life tyres	30,952
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	2,883
19 12 10	combustible waste (refuse derived fuel)	34,587
19 12 11*	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of waste containing dangerous substances	77
19 12 12	other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11	0

Around 40% of the tonnage listed was used for the primary purpose of substituting fuel requirements in the plant, with coal fly ash (also called Pulverized Fuel Ash or PFA) used as a replacement for raw material (shale) in the production process.