Gaurain Cement Plant

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Gaurain Cement Plant (Cementfabriek van Guarain (Belgian)) is an integrated cement plant operating in Tornai, Henegouwen, Belgium.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Tornai, Henegouwen, Belgium:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 50.600931, 3.487836 (exact)

Background

The Gaurain cement plant is the largest cement plant in France and the Benelux, and sources raw materials from the largest limestone quarry in Europe. The plant was previously owned by Italcementi, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement, until 2016 when it was acquired by Cementir Holding. The plant also began co-processing waste in 1997.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	unknown

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Cementir Holding NV [100.0%]	E100002005093 [100.0%]	Compagnie Des Ciments Belges SA [100%]	E100002006287 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
2.3	1.64	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type
grey	unknown	dry

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Additional data

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