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51-501: Ketton Cement Works is a large cement plant and quarry based in the village of Ketton in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom. Now owned by HeidelbergCement , the plant produces around one tenth of the UK's Portland Cement needs. Ketton works employs around 220 people and is at the forefront of sustainable cement production, namely through the increasing use of non-fossil fuels for

102-447: A central tower and spire. The west front is an example of late 12th century transitional architecture and the remainder of the church is mainly 13th century. The nave was restored under the direction of George Gilbert Scott in 1861–62 and the chancel under the direction of his pupil Thomas Graham Jackson in 1863–66. Jackson's chancel roof was painted by Ninian Comper in 1950. The stone is from Barnack . There are Ketton headstones in

153-638: A generally positive view of the policies of the Reich government among workers and management of the company. The company's general director Otto Heuer had joined the NSDAP on 1 May 1933, and was a member of the Freundeskreis Reichsführer SS . During the Second World War , the cement industry was classified as essential to the war effort and initially experienced only minor restrictions in production. As

204-583: A major multinational operation. Since then, it has continued to expand, with complete buy out of CBR, and purchases in eastern Europe and Asia. A major step was the acquisition of Scancem in 1999, with operations in Northern Europe as well as Africa . Indocement in Indonesia was included in 2001. In May 2007, the British company Hanson was acquired, a transaction worth £7.85 billion (US$ 15.8 billion), which gave

255-511: A noun * Cēte ("the people of Cet"); in its genitive form this could have produced * Cētena-ēa ("the river of the people of Cet"). A further suggestion on these lines is that the second syllable originated as the word found in Welsh as hen ("old"), in which case the name once meant "old wood", later giving its name to a river. The village was originally three separate settlements: Ketton, Aldgate and Geeston; but as they grew they merged to form

306-474: A series of protests around the over-riding of the local authority's opposition to extend quarrying, by the Minister of Climate Change, Julie James . This successful appeal will allow a further 15.7 million tonnes of rock to be extracted for road surfacing and runways. The quarry operations will continue until 2047 and will come within 164 meters of schools and housing as well as destroying a community green space and

357-617: A significant amount of global emissions. Of all companies traded on the DAX , Heidelberg Materials was the second largest CO₂-emitter. For this reason, there have already been numerous protests by environmental groups, like Fridays For Future , Extinction Rebellion and Greenpeace . In August 2020, the local group "Wurzeln im Beton" ("Roots in Concrete") blocked the main entrance to the company's headquarters and in May 2021, its cement plant near Heidelberg

408-622: A week to a large terminal at Kings Cross Central in North London. Rail borne cement is handled in four wheel tankers and cement is discharged pneumatically. Cement has always been transported by road, however with the growth of ready-mixed concrete plants from the 1960s onwards, and the rationalising of the railway network, road haulage has grown in importance, with both Ketton's own fleet of trucks as well as external hauliers used to transport finished cement products both in bulk tankers and palletised in curtainside vehicles. Ketton plant has been at

459-454: Is also home to a natural burial ground towards the Western side of the village. The village gives its name to Ketton stone , a limestone which is quarried locally and is used in many buildings in the village and elsewhere. Some areas of former quarrying, Ketton Quarries , are now a Site of Special Scientific Interest , maintained by Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust . The limestone

510-530: Is uncertain, though scholars agree that the last element came during the history of the name's use to be thought of as the common place-name element deriving from Old English tūn ("estate"). Eilert Ekwall was confident that the vowel at the end of the early spellings represented the Old English word ēa ("river"), and that the name originated as an earlier name for the River Chater . One suggestion for

561-403: Is used to make cement . Ketton Cement Works opened in 1928 and by November that year the number of staff had risen to 250. The plant, owned by Hanson Cement (now part of HeidelbergCement ), meets more than 10% of the UK demand for cement. In 2013 Rutland County Council approved plans for Lark Energy to build a solar farm on land reclaimed from a 1940s quarry. The solar farm provides 13% of

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612-552: The Kakanj cement factory announced the decision to change its name to Heidelberg Materials Cement BiH dd Kakanj. Heidelberg Materials Global Corporate Headquarters are located in Heidelberg , Germany. The company operates in over 50 countries/territories around the world including: As cement manufacturing is an extremely CO₂ intensive process , the cement industry is one of the main contributors to climate change, being responsible for

663-665: The Indian cement market with the acquisition of Mysore Cement. In 2013, the cement company CJSC Construction Materials based in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan was acquired. On 1 July 2016, HeidelbergCement AG completed the acquisition of a 45% shareholding in Italcementi S.p.A. With the acquisition, HeidelbergCement became the number one producer of aggregates, the number two in cement and number three in ready mixed concrete worldwide. The company agreed to sell its assets in

714-687: The Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din filed a petition with the Israeli high court demanding a halt to mining activity in West Bank quarries, including Hanson Israel's Nahal Raba quarry. According to research of the ARD magazine "Panorama" on 2 September 2010, and the ARD Studios Tel Aviv, the minerals produced are brought to Israel without any benefit to the Palestinian communities. Palestinians from

765-637: The Ketton production facility every year in July. 52°38′24″N 0°32′49″W  /  52.640°N 0.547°W  / 52.640; -0.547 Ketton Ketton is a village and civil parish in Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Oakham and 3 miles (5 km) west of Stamford, Lincolnshire . The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 1,926, making it

816-713: The United States for $ 660 million to Cementos Argos to fulfil anti-trust requirements for the takeover. The Heidelberg headquarters on Berliner Strasse , built in 1963, were demolished in 2017 and a larger new building was built on the same site by 2020 for around 100 million euros. Heidelberg has entered new important markets, including France and Italy in Europe, Egypt and Morocco in North Africa and Thailand in Southeast Asia . In Canada , India and Kazakhstan ,

867-526: The West Bank. In California, after 80 years of operations and more than 2,000 violations over a 10-year period the part Heidelberg-owned Leigh Cement factory and quarry announced in 2023 that it would shutdown. According to ABC7, the environmental advocacy non-profit Green Foothills claimed that the cement plant was the worst source of air pollution in the county of Santa Clara. In March 2024, residents of Glyncoch, near Pontypridd in South Wales, engaged in

918-457: The area where they stood now grassed over. The workforce at Ketton was reduced from around 520 to 310 mostly through compulsory redundancies. In 1989, Castle Cement passed into the ownership of Scancem, which was a cement and building materials manufacturer operating across Europe and Africa. Scancem was bought by Heidelberg Cement in 1999 and the Castle Cement logo was adjusted to incorporate

969-402: The cement works on 1 August 1928, with much of the machinery and railway equipment coming from Ward's. The first full weekly wage-bill of £202.2.11 was paid on the week ending 10 August 1928 for about 90 men. By the week ending 8 November, the wage bill had risen to over £600 for around 250 men and boys, which were at work on the site. The works was built with just one kiln but in 1933 Kiln Two

1020-415: The cement works' annual energy consumption. The second phase was opened in 2015 by Secretary of State for Energy Amber Rudd . In 2004 Rutland County Council planning committee resolved to approve a planning application for one wind turbine on land adjacent to the cement works off Steadfold Lane in Ketton. However, issues surrounding fast jets flying from RAF Cottesmore meant that a planning permission

1071-467: The churchyard; one by the lychgate depicts mason's tools and is by stonemason William Hibbins of Ketton. William Hibbins built Hibbins House, which is still standing today. The spire is 144 feet (44 metres) high. The Methodist chapel was refurbished in 2013 but dates back some 150 years. Robert of Ketton was the first person to translate the Qur'an into Latin . The translation was complete by 1143. Ketton

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1122-1009: The company a stronger market position in the United Kingdom and the United States , and turned HeidelbergCement into the world's leading producer of aggregates. HeidelbergCement has (2010) 29 cement and grinding plants in Western and Northern Europe, 19 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia , 16 cement plants in North America, and 14 in Africa and the Mediterranean Basin . The company sold Maxit Group and its 35% share in Vicat Cement to help finance its acquisition of Hanson plc in August 2007. In most of

1173-461: The earlier part of the name is that it contains an otherwise unattested Old English personal name * Ceta in the genitive form * Cetan , in which case it once meant "Ceta's river". An alternative explanation for the first syllable is that it is the Common Brittonic word found in modern Welsh as coed ("woodland"). Ekwall thought that this might have been a regional name that gave rise to

1224-420: The end of the late 1930s. By 1939, production had increased from 50,000 tonnes in 1930 to well over 200,000 tonnes. During the Second World War , the demand for cement increased hugely due to the construction of military bases and defences, but, as with most industry at the time, Ketton Cement suffered hugely from labour shortages due to the call up of most able-bodied men. Kiln Four was built in 1954, increasing

1275-566: The expense of indigenous and peasants", the activists also appealed politically at Heidelberg Materials that a multinational "company should not invest in environmental destruction and human rights violations, in any country in the world." In September 2020, representatives of the local communities submitted a complaint to the German government. It alleges Heidelberg Materials' plans in the Kendeng mountains to threaten their livelihoods, water resources and

1326-441: The forefront of environmental responsibility since the 1960s. When Kiln 5 was built in 1962, electrostatic dust arrestment equipment was fitted to greatly reduce the dust pollution that was so common with earlier cement works. In the 1990s, Castle Cement embarked on a programme reducing the amount of coal burnt by Ketton works. Profuel, a recycled fuel product consisting of shredded paper and plastics that would otherwise go to landfill

1377-691: The fourth largest settlement in Rutland, after Oakham, Uppingham and Cottesmore . The village has a primary school. Ketton gave its name to the Ketton Rural District of Rutland which existed from 1894 to 1974. Ketton ward, which also includes the parishes of Barrowden , Tinwell and Tixover has two councillors on Rutland County Council . The name of Ketton is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Chetene . The form Ketene first appears in 1174, and Keton in 1322. The origin of this name

1428-460: The further understanding of what differing proportions and quantities of minerals in the clinker could achieve. Water repellent and masonry cement were also developed by the laboratory, with differing quantities often controlled manually with little control by technology. As production increased, the transport of limestone and silica clay from the quarry to the plant needed to become more efficient. The standard gauge railway that had operated since

1479-567: The group's European countries, HeidelbergCement is the market leader in the cement business. Adolf Merckle was a big investor in HeidelbergCement. A capital increase in HeidelbergCement in September 2009, combined with a selling of shares from the Merckle family, opened up for other international owners and higher trading volumes on the stock exchanges. In August 2006, HeidelbergCement AG entered

1530-412: The kilns. Ketton Cement works can trace its history back to Frank Walker, a Sheffield builder, who was looking to establish a works for sectional buildings and cement products. In 1921, he bought 1174 acres of Ketton parish, most of which consisted of old quarries and clay pits. In 1925, Walker established a small concrete block factory company under the name "Walkers Ketton Stone Company", and by 1927

1581-724: The local ecosystem as well as sites sacred to local Indigenous Samin communities. As a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ), Germany maintains a National Contact Point that addresses complaints against German companies for overseas violations of the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises. The guidelines contain standards on human rights and the environment. In Israeli occupied West Bank Heidelberg Materials' wholly owned subsidiary Hanson Israel manufactures ready-made cement, aggregates and asphalt for Israel's construction industry. In March 2009,

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1632-649: The location of the plant, other than the high quality of lime and silica clays present onsite, was the proximity of the LMS Birmingham to Peterborough Line to the south of the factory. Exchange sidings (known even today as Ward's Sidings) were built to receive and dispatch train loads of cement while receiving fuel into the plant. Shunting duties were handled initially by steam locomotives procured from Thos. W. Ward. These were replaced in 1961 by five Fowler diesel locos, also from Ward's. Following plant efficiencies, Diesels 2 & 3 were returned to Fowler in 1967 and No. 5

1683-508: The name of its new parent company. In 2007, Hanson Plc (formally ARC) was bought by Heidelberg and two years later Castle Cement was merged with Civil & Marine to form Hanson Cement. The distinctive Castle logo was replaced by the Hanson "H" logo though the Castle "Turret" was retained on packaging due to the strength of customer loyalty. The economic downturn hit Ketton hard, and with a reduction in

1734-456: The opening of the factory was replaced initially by dump-trucks, before being superseded by conveyor belts. New, larger crushers were installed in the quarry to reduce the size of the limestone before mixing with the clay. Kiln 7 was completed in 1975 at a cost of £10m. This kiln produced clinker by the dry process, as opposed to Kilns 1 – 6 which heated the crushed lime and clay as a slurry mixture. Dry process kilns were much more efficient as there

1785-400: The output of cement, Kiln 7 was mothballed in September 2008 with no prospect of restarting in the near future. Following a shake-up and cost-cutting exercise in 2012, many office functions including planning and distribution for the prepacked aggregates business were moved to Ketton. This includes logistics for bagging plants such as Needingworth and Nuneaton . One of the initial factors in

1836-463: The planned construction of a controversial cement plant on the Indonesian island of Java through its subsidiary " Indocement ". The objective is the exploitation of the Kendeng mountains against the resistance of the people living there. In addition to the destruction of the complex ecological system, the construction also has created the marginalization of partially indigenous living inhabitants of

1887-418: The plant output to around 300,000 tonnes by the late 1950s. Further growth continued into the 1960s as the mass slum clearances lead to mass redevelopment in towns and cities. By the late 1960s, the plant had grown by an extra two kilns and production stood at over 600,000 tonnes. Development by the Ketton lab saw a rapid-hardening cement (branded "Kettocrete") and a waterproof cement product being made, thanks to

1938-586: The region to follow. In this region, the indigenous known as Sedulur Kendeng are protesting against the planned mining operation of PT Semen Indonesia, a state owned enterprise. In March 2017, 50 protestors poured concrete over their feet in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta . This is the second time this has occurred in eleven months. In addition to the protest against the factory building and its ecological consequences as "misconceived 'development' at

1989-429: The takeover further strengthens the existing market presence of HeidelbergCement. The enlarged group is active in around sixty countries, with 60,000 employees working at 3,000 production sites. Heidelberg Materials operates around 130 cement plants with an annual cement capacity of around 170 million tonnes, around 1,300 ready-mixed concrete production sites, and just under 600 aggregates quarries. On December 21, 2023,

2040-575: The village of az-Zawiya in the immediate vicinity of the quarry lay claim to the land. The Israeli Supreme Court rejected the petition from Yesh Din in December 2011. In September the largest Danish pension fund, PFA Pension (Da), divested from Heidelberg Materials due to "Violation of basic human rights, which conflicts with UN Global Compact principles 1 and 2." In October 2017, Danish pension firm Sampension added Heidelberg Cement to its blacklist, because it operates an asphalt factory and quarry in

2091-577: The village that Ketton is today. The village has a post office and general store, a library, two pubs (the Railway Inn and the Northwick Arms), a sports centre, a playschool and a Church of England primary school which in 2021/2022 had 185 pupils on its roll. The village has two churches (Church of England and Methodist). The earliest parts of St Mary's Church , the grade I listed Church of England parish church , are 12th century. The church has

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2142-588: The war progressed, prisoners of war and forced labourers were used in numerous plants; according to the company, the number of people affected is estimated at 1,000. Activities abroad began with the acquisition of part of Vicat Cement, France . Shipments reached 8.3 million tonnes in 1972. In 1977, a massive program of purchases in North America began with the acquisition of Lehigh Cement. In 1990, expansion in eastern Europe began. In 1993, it acquired part of SA Cimenteries CBR of Belgium , which already had

2193-401: Was added. Kiln Three soon followed in 1939. A major part of the construction of Kiln Three was its new chimney built out of reinforced concrete , as opposed to brick. The chimney stood at an impressive 338 feet (103 m) high and was the tallest structure in the south of England, visible for as far as 50 miles away. The rapid growth of the plant was in line with a rise of cement prices towards

2244-485: Was blocked by the local Extinction Rebellion chapter. By 2024, despite reduction of the DAX total, and Heidelberg's emissions in particular, Heidelberg was the largest emitter in the DAX, cement manufacture emissions being particularly difficult to reduce. Nevertheless Heidelberg still plans to be net zero by 2030, and expects its first under-construction carbon capture, usage and storage facility to come online in 2025. Heidelberg Materials has been heavily involved in

2295-554: Was designed and built in the mid-1980s. At a cost of £70m, the kiln is 68m long and the preheater tower is around 80m high. Two large stores with capacity of 43,000 and 10,000 tonnes each were constructed to enable storage of raw materials to feed the kilns. This enabled working hours in the quarry to be reduced to a five-day week, mostly to reduce disruption on the local community. Once Kiln 8 was operational and initial faults were rectified, Kilns 1 – 4 were closed in 1986, followed by Kilns 5 & 6 in 1987. These have now been demolished and

2346-493: Was founded on 5 June 1874 by Johann Philipp Schifferdecker, at Heidelberg , Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It was making 80,000 tonnes per annum of Portland cement in 1896. It acquired numerous other small companies from 1914 onwards, and by 1936, it was making one million tonnes per annum. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 , the cement industry profited massively from state-run construction and armaments projects, leading to

2397-491: Was introduced in the mid-1990s. In 1996, used car tyres were introduced as an alternative fuel. The introduction of burning waste as a fuel initially created much concern within local communities as worries about health and environmental risks created news headlines. Much was done by Castle Cement and the staff at Ketton to communicate with its neighbours and to be open about its activities at the plant including local meetings, visits and newsletters. Hanson Cement held an open day at

2448-512: Was looking to raise the capital for a cement works. The project was taken up by Sheffield businessman Joseph Ward, the brother of Thomas William Ward and chairman of the business which also had interests in machinery, scrap metal , fuel and ship breaking . For most of its history, Ketton Cement was treated as a subsidiary of Thos. W. Ward . Frank Walker sold his block business to the newly formed The Ketton Portland Cement Company in July 1928, followed by his land at Ketton in August. Work began on

2499-661: Was never granted. In 2011 REG Windpower announced plans to install two wind turbines near Steadfold Lane. The proposal was withdrawn in August 2012. Ketton is served by buses on the service between Stamford and Uppingham . Ketton and Collyweston railway station closed in 1966. Heidelberg Cement The enlarged group has activities in over 50 countries with 51,000 employees working at almost 3,000 production sites. Heidelberg Materials operates around 130 cement plants with an annual cement capacity of around 170 million tonnes, around 1,300 ready-mixed concrete production sites, and just under 600 aggregates quarries. The company

2550-503: Was no water to evaporate first. Kiln 7 also featured a Preheater which heated the raw meal using the kiln exhaust gases to around 800 Degrees before entering the main Kiln. By the late 1970s, Ketton was producing around 700,000 tonnes of cement per annum from all seven kilns. In the early 1980s, Thos. W. Ward became part of worldwide group Rio Tinto Zinc , and Ketton Cement was rebranded as Castle Cement. With an increasing market share, Kiln 8

2601-428: Was withdrawn in 1971. "Ketton No. 1", Fowler 0-4-0DH No. 4220007, built in 1960, is on display at Rutland Railway Museum . Now shunting is handled by British Rail Class 08 shunters on hire from DB Schenker , who also provide traction for outbound cement and inbound coal trains on the main line. Following rationalisation of receiving terminals during the 1970s and 1980s, cement from Ketton is now sent four or five days

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