Situated next to the river Thames, Hanson's Purfleet Works manufactures ground granulated blast-furnace slag (ggbs) for supply to the south-east of England, the South Coast and East Anglia. Facilities at the plant, which can produce 1 million tonnes of ggbs per year, include two closed-circuit ball mills and a vertical roller mill that require a consistent raw material feed. As part of an ongoing investment programme at Purfleet, Hanson commissioned Fairport Engineering to undertake the first phase of a small but vital project to improve the raw material intake facilities. With the ultimate intention of replacing the site's existing storage bunker, a new feed hopper and ramp is the first part of the project. In the next phase, the old bunker is expected to be removed and replaced with a second feed hopper and ramp.
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