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Mr. Bill O"Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cement kilns are operating in the United Kingdom; and what their capacities are. [115770]
Alun Michael
There are 27 cement kilns at 17 sites in the United Kingdom with a total production capacity of 40,520 tonnes of cement per day. The following table contains the production capacities for each cement kiln.
| Company/Plant location | Kiln technology | Production capacity (tonnes/day) |
| Lafarge | ||
| Aberthaw | dry | 1,700 |
| Barnstone | wet | 300 |
| Cauldon | dry (pre-calciner) | 2,800 |
| Cookstown | semi-dry | 1,150 |
| Dunbar | dry (pre-calciner) | 3,300 |
| Hope | dry | 1,900 |
| dry | 1,900 | |
| Northfleet | semi-wet | 1,800 |
| semi-wet | 1,800 |
| Company/Plant location | Kiln technology | Production capacity (tonnes/day) |
| Thurrock | wet (not continuous) | 110 |
| Westbury | wet | 950 |
| wet | 950 | |
| Rugby | ||
| South Ferriby | semi-dry | 1,100 |
| semi-dry | 1,100 | |
| Barrington | semi-dry | 770 |
| Rugby | semi-wet (calciner) | 4,000 |
| Castle | ||
| Ketton | dry (long kiln) | 1,060 |
| dry (pre-calciner) | 3,100 | |
| Ribblesdale | wet | 1,000 |
| wet | 1,000 | |
| dry (pre-calciner) | 2,500 | |
| Padeswood | dry (long kiln) | 840 |
| wet | 420 | |
| wet | 420 | |
| Buxton Lime | ||
| Tunstead1 | wet | 750 |
| dry (pre-calciner) | 2,300 | |
| Sean Quinn | ||
| Fermanagh2 | dry | 1,500 |
| 1 New cement kiln—commissioning scheduled to start mid 2003 and will replace existing wet kiln. | ||
| 2 Plant shutdown but not decommissioned. | ||