Aalborg Portland is acement-producing company inDenmark.[1] It was established inAalborg in the 19th century.Portland cement was patented in 1824 by the EnglishmanJoseph Aspdin. Six decades later the Aalborg businessman Hans Holm and the engineerFrederick Læssøe Smidth built a cement factory 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of Aalborg in the town of Rørdal.
The Aalborg Portland-Cement Factory was founded in 1889. Aalborg Portland produces four major products: grey cement,white cement,ready-mixed concrete andaggregates. In 1898, the company's growth accelerated after it purchased two rotary kilns from the Philadelphia-based companyLaxhbury & Spackman.[2] In 2009 the Sinai White Portland Cement division became the "biggest white cement integrated plant worldwide in terms of capacity".[3] Since 2003, the company is a subsidiary ofCementir Holding S.p.A. The sale was approved by competition authorities in 2004. In 2013 it had a workforce of over 1,500.[4]
In 2019, Aalborg Portland had 335 employees in Denmark.[5]
Aalborg Portland is considered the biggest polluter in Denmark.[6] The emissions of the industrial company in 2018 were equivalent to 2.2 million tons ofCO2, or 4% of the national CO2 emissions.[7][8]
According to the Danish Economic Council, the cement industry does not have a sufficient economic interest to reduce its CO2 emissions, because the price to pollute is too low.[9] In 2022, Aalborg Portland announced a corporate roadmap that sets an emissions ceiling target of no more than 600,000 tons by 2030.[10]
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