Cemex To Build Plant In UK

Mexico’s largest cement producer, Cemex, is to invest $49 million to build a new grinding and blending facility in the UK. It is due to be online by 2008. The plant, to be built near London at Tilbury, will have a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes a year. The company said the new plant will be “well placed to help meet demand for the cement required for new developments in the region and the sustainable construction challenges of the London 2012 Olympic Games.” Earlier this year, the company announced a $500 million global expansion program that will also see increased operating capacity in US, France and Latvia.