Scottish & Southern, RockTron agree to build UK's first ash separation plant |
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Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:12
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LONDON (AFX) - Scottish & Southern Energy PLC said it and RockTron Ltd agreed to construct the UK's first ash separation plant at Scottish's Fiddler's Ferry Power Station in Cheshire.Scottish said construction of the plant, which will separate ash from electricity generation into constituent mineral parts for sale, is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2007, with the plant becoming fully operational in the summer of 2008.Scottish said it will acquire one preference share in RockTron and will provide it with a shareholder loan of up to 22 mln stg for the construction of the plant. RockTron will operate the new plant and be responsible for the marketing and sale of the constituent mineral parts.The plant is expected to process up to 800,000 tonnes of ash a year into mineral parts for sale as cement substitute products and industrial minerals.Scottish said the new plant will reduce carbon emissions by around 500,000 tonnes a year as the substitutes reduce the need for a carbon-intensive limestone kilning process in cement production.newsdesk@afxnews.comrda/jcCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2006. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited
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