With the bubbles being withdrawn at the end of this month, cement trains were already on their last legs but this won't help:
From the Drogheda Independent:
Irish Cement to shut facility over summer
DECLINE IN MARKET CAUSES INDEFINITE CLOSURE
By Fiona Magennis
IRISH Cement at Platin has announced it is closing its Drogheda facility indefinitely over the summer months with compulsory lay offs if necessary.
A statement from the company said the decision to close the kilns over the summer was the result of 'a significant decline in the cement market'.
Staff were informed of the decision at a meeting at the factory on Tuesday afternoon.
The company employs some 250 staff and it is understood a substantial number of these will be affected by the decision to cease production of cement at the facility.
The company's decision means all three kilns at the plant, including a state-of-theart new € 200m development, which came online in January 2009, will close indefinitely.
The closure will involve compulsory holidays for staff and temporary lay-offs if necessary, a spokesperson for the company said.
No timeframe for the length of shutdown was given.
Sales and dispatch activities will continue to operate normally in an attempt to reduce the stock build up at the plant.
Irish Cement, which is owned by Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH), has operated at Platin since 1972.
A statement, issued by the company on Tuesday, said: 'Irish Cement Ltd announced to staff earlier today that, due to a significant decline in the cement market, an extended kiln shutdown will be required at its Platin cement production plant this summer.'
'The shut-down, which is required for maintenance, will now be extended and will include compulsory holidays, followed by periods of temporary lay-offs, if necessary.'
Staff at the company's plant in Limerick were also being briefed on Tuesday and it is understood a similar closure will take place at the facility there.
Meanwhile, reports that Premier Periclase, also a subsidiary of CRH, were to cease production for three months between October and December this year have been denied by the company. A spokesperson for Premier Periclase said there were no plans to stop production at the plant over the winter months.
From the Drogheda Independent:
Irish Cement to shut facility over summer
DECLINE IN MARKET CAUSES INDEFINITE CLOSURE
By Fiona Magennis
IRISH Cement at Platin has announced it is closing its Drogheda facility indefinitely over the summer months with compulsory lay offs if necessary.
A statement from the company said the decision to close the kilns over the summer was the result of 'a significant decline in the cement market'.
Staff were informed of the decision at a meeting at the factory on Tuesday afternoon.
The company employs some 250 staff and it is understood a substantial number of these will be affected by the decision to cease production of cement at the facility.
The company's decision means all three kilns at the plant, including a state-of-theart new € 200m development, which came online in January 2009, will close indefinitely.
The closure will involve compulsory holidays for staff and temporary lay-offs if necessary, a spokesperson for the company said.
No timeframe for the length of shutdown was given.
Sales and dispatch activities will continue to operate normally in an attempt to reduce the stock build up at the plant.
Irish Cement, which is owned by Cement Roadstone Holdings (CRH), has operated at Platin since 1972.
A statement, issued by the company on Tuesday, said: 'Irish Cement Ltd announced to staff earlier today that, due to a significant decline in the cement market, an extended kiln shutdown will be required at its Platin cement production plant this summer.'
'The shut-down, which is required for maintenance, will now be extended and will include compulsory holidays, followed by periods of temporary lay-offs, if necessary.'
Staff at the company's plant in Limerick were also being briefed on Tuesday and it is understood a similar closure will take place at the facility there.
Meanwhile, reports that Premier Periclase, also a subsidiary of CRH, were to cease production for three months between October and December this year have been denied by the company. A spokesperson for Premier Periclase said there were no plans to stop production at the plant over the winter months.
