After producing cement at Barrington cement works in Cambridgeshire for nearly 80 years CEMEX stopped clinker manufacturing at the plant in 2008.
The decision to turn off the cement kiln at the plant was taken reluctantly as part of a programme to rationalise the company’s cement manufacturing in the UK by transferring a significant proportion of Barrington’s production capacity to CEMEX’s other UK plants at Rugby (Warwickshire) and South Ferriby (North Lincolnshire), where the manufacturing processes are more modern and efficient.
Despite the kiln closure, CEMEX will uphold its obligations to the site. However, long-term plans for the site are still to be explored.
