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Cement Plants in Belgium
Belgium has 9 cement plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 53rd-largest fleet of the 149 countries that hold any, and 0.3% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 9 operating.
The largest owner-operators are Heidelberg Materials AG (4), Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA (4) and CRH PLC (2) — Heidelberg Materials AG alone is named on 44% of them. Half of Belgium's cement plants in service predate 2002 (median commissioning year of the 6 with a known date), 1 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Obourg Cement Plant, dating from 1911. They account for 9% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Belgium.
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Who owns Belgium's cement plants
- Heidelberg Materials AG4 44%
- Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA4 44%
- CRH PLC2 22%
- VVM NV2 22%
- Cementir Holding NV1 11%
- Cemminerals NV1 11%
- Compagnie Des Ciments Belges SA1 11%
- Holcim (Belgique) SA1 11%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1910s1
- 1950s1
- 1980s1
- 2000s2
- 2010s1
Median commissioning year 2002 · oldest Obourg Cement Plant (1911) · newest Cemminerals Gent Cement Plant (2018) · 6 of 9 carry a start date
How Belgium compares · cement plants by country
Frequently asked
- How many cement plants are there in Belgium?
- OverWatts maps 9 cement plants in Belgium — 0.3% of the world's mapped total, the 53rd-largest national fleet of the 149 countries with any.
- Who owns the cement plants in Belgium?
- Heidelberg Materials AG is named as owner or operator on the most — 4 of 9 (44%). Next are Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA (4), CRH PLC (2) and VVM NV (2).
- How old are Belgium's cement plants?
- The median commissioning year is 2002, across the 6 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Obourg Cement Plant (1911); 1 came online in the past ten years.