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Ketton Cement Works

1929 establishments in EnglandBuilding materials companies of the United KingdomBuildings and structures in RutlandCement companies of the United KingdomEngvarB from September 2013
KettonManufacturing companies established in 1929
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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 the kilns.

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Ketton Cement Works

Pit Lane
PE9 3SZ , Ketton
England, United Kingdom
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