Union Cement Company (UCC), the UAE’s oldest and largest cement manufacturer, is investing Dh34 million ($9.26 million) this year on environmental projects. These include covering of its clinker and raw material yards and providing a new filter for kiln 3.

The company says it is implementing the requirements of the ISO 14001 certification as it views it as a social responsibility for employees and the population around its plant.
Established in 1972 in the Khor Kwair area of Ras Al Khaimah, Union Cement stresses it adopted a policy of constant growth and upgrade.  This policy led to the recent commissioning of its milestone Plant 4, a 10,000 tonne-per-day clinker kiln that has boosted the company’s clinker production capacity to 4.5 million tonnes per year (tpy). In 2007, UCC brought on stream its cement mills 5 and 6, increasing the company’s grinding capacity to 4.8 million tpy while making it the biggest cement manufacturer in the UAE.
UCC is engaged in manufacturing, marketing and distributing Portland cement and moderate and high-sulphate-resisting cement (low alkali) as well as oilwell cement, of which it is the only UAE producer. The company has its own bulk tanker fleet and says it can meet all types of cement requirements of the construction industry in the country. 
To market and sell the American Petroleum Institute (API)-certified oilwell cement manufactured at its Ras Al Khaimah plant, UCC joined hands with Norcem of Heidelberg Cement Group, to establish the Union Cement Norcem Company (UCN) in 1980. UCN has been serving the oil industry for over 28 years with its “Norwell” brand oilwell cement.