Monday 9 March 2009

Rugby’s cement plant

This coming Tuesday evening I will be attending a stakeholder meeting which has been set up to consider they engagement process between Cemex who operate the plant and local residents and community groups. In order to be up to date with the operation and activity at the plant on Thursday I visited Rugby cement and was showed around by Ian Southcott, the company’s public affairs manager. Due to the slowdown in the construction industry the demand for cement has reduced which means that some of the other plant run by the company has been either mothballed or is operating a reduced capacity. Rugby is the company's newest and most efficient plant and is still running at full capacity. The aim of the meeting will be to ensure that the plant remains a good neighbour to local residents and I am looking forward to a positive and constructive outcome.