Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

===Cement===
[[File:Cemex Cement Works, from Lawford Road, Rugby 7.21 (2).jpg|thumb|left|Rugby cement works at [[New Bilton]]]]
Another major industry in Rugby is [[cement]] making; This industry started on a small scale locally in the early 19th century, but began on a large scale in the 1860s when the [[Rugby Cement]] company was founded, making cement from the local [[Jurassic]] [[Blue Lias]] limestone at [[New Bilton]]. The current cement works at Rugby has the largest [[cement kiln]] in the UK, capable of producing 1.8 million tonnes of cement a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEMEX cement works, Rugby, Warwickshire |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cemex-cement-works-rugby-warwickshire/cemex-cement-works-rugby-warwickshire |publisher=Environment Agency |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=19 January 2014}}</ref> The current plant was opened in 2000, having been rebuilt and substantially enlarged in the late-1990s, upon its opening other Rugby Cement plants at [[Southam]] and [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] were closed, with all production moved to the enlarged Rugby plant.<ref>[http://www.mineralsuk.com/britmin/mpfcement.pdf minerals.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928085834/http://www.mineralsuk.com/britmin/mpfcement.pdf |date=28 September 2007 }} (PDF)</ref> Rugby Cement was taken over in 2000 and is now owned by the Mexican firm [[Cemex]], who moved their UK headquarters to Rugby in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEMEX UK moves headquarters to Rugby |date=18 June 2018 |url=https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/cemex-uk-moves-headquarters-to-rugby/ |publisher=Builders Merchant |access-date=15 January 2019}}</ref>