CEMEX open new wharf at Dagenham

摘要

CEMEX have officially opened a new wharf on the river Thames at Dagenham, providing the closest aggregate production site to central London on the north side of the river. The processing plant at Dagenham is capable of producing in excess of 500,000 tonnes of aggregates per annum, most of which will go into concrete for use in construction projects in the capital. Previously the site of an asphalt plant that was decommissioned in 2009, the Dagenham facility was then used as a depot for limestone brought in from quarries in North Wales for the London market. Six months has been spent converting the site into a fully operational wharf. Commenting on the new facility, aggregates operations director Rob Doody said: 'Following the slowdown in construction, the recovery has resulted in severe materials shortages particularly around the London area. We have similar wharf operations at Northfleet and Angerstein, close to Dartford, but they are both south of the river.