Holcim cement plant

Holcim (New Zealand) is continuing to work on its proposal for a new cement plant near Weston and shipping terminal in Timaru, despite a decision on whether it will go ahead being put on hold until next year.

North Otago must wait another year to know whether a cement plant with the potential to create more than 300 jobs will be built near Weston.

Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd has had its proposal for a new cement plant near Weston through a review process, but a final decision on whether to build it will not be made until later this year or early next year.

The Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd team planning a $400 million cement plant near Weston and a $100 million shipping terminal at Timaru's PrimePort is "very hopeful" the projects will be approved later this year.

A decision on whether a new $400 million cement plant will be built near Weston is now not expected until the second half of this year.

Holcim New Zealand says progress is being made on updating costings for its proposed $400 million cement plant near Weston and associated quarries and pits.

Residents in a rural residential subdivision close to a cement plant Holcim (NZ) Ltd wants to build in the Waiareka Valley have won a small victory in the Environment Court, in the form of a condition for increased visual screening of the proposed plant.

"Positive" to "disappointed" were the range of reactions yesterday to an Environment Court decision which clears the way for Holcim (New Zealand) Ltd to build a $400 million cement plant in the Waiareka Valley, near Weston.

Will a new $400 million cement plant be built in North Otago's Waiareka Valley? Views differed at the Environment Court in Oamaru yesterday.

A Waiareka Valley family is funding more than 50% of the costs faced by the Waiareka Valley Preservation Society in its fight against a cement plant being built there.