MHEA welcomed to Viridor for site visit. On Wednesday 14 November, 23 members of the MHEA met at the Park & Ride in Bicester and enjoyed a car share to Viridor’s energy recovery site at Ardley ERF, in Oxfordshire, where they were met by Jessica Baker-Pike, the Learning and Visitor Centre Manager.
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Heidelberg Materials – Ribblesdale
On Tuesday 4th June 2024, MHEA Members had the fantastic opportunity to visit Heidelberg Materials at Ribblesdale, Lancashire.
The visit began with an informative presentation delivered by Heidelberg’s Operations Manager, Mark Yates who detailed the operations of the Ribblesdale plant, from mining materials from the quarry to packing and palletising the finished product for road or rail transportation.
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LONGCLIFFE QUARRIES LTD
Longcliffe Quarries Ltd is a long-standing limestone and dolomite supplier based in Derbyshire. They produce over one million tonnes of high-quality calcium carbonates every year for a range of businesses across the UK.
TILBURY DOCKS
The Port of Tilbury (London) is the largest of eight ports owned by Forth Ports. As London’s major port it is also the largest multi-modal port in the South East, and 3rd largest port in the UK. The port has an annual throughput of 16 million tonnes per annum and this is estimated to value around £8.7 billion; this makes it the largest port on the Thames.
BRITISH STEEL
The visit will include the coal handling plant, and observing coke oven batteries pushing coke; the ore prep plant to observe ore blending and associated operations; the caster operation; the Rail and Section mill; and Rail Area 3 to witness the handling of 216M lengths of rails and loadout. Manager.
VIRIDOR
TUNSTEAD QUARRY
Since the site at Tunstead was established in the 1920s, it has supplied aggregates, cement and lime for a wide range of uses around the UK.
