UK: Cauldon Cement works excluded from the sale of Lafarge Tarma.

MORE than 150 jobs are set to be secured after it was revealed a cement plant in the Staffordshire Moorlands is to merge with another operator.

After months of speculation it has been confirmed the Cauldon works near Waterhouses is to be excluded from a sale of the assets of its parent UK Lafarge Tarmac.

It comes after Lafarge and Holcim, a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of cement and aggregates, last week formally notified the European Commission of their proposed merger.

Now subject to the successful completion of the proposed merger and regulatory approvals, the Cauldon plant and associated assets could become part of a future Lafarge/Holcim business in the UK.