Ruabon Chemical Works

Permit number: EPR/BV2689IE
Operator: Air Products Electronics Advanced Materials Europe Ltd.
Regulated facility type: Section 4.2 A(1)(a)(v): Producing inorganic chemicals such as non-metals, metal oxides, metal carbonyls or other inorganic compounds (for example calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide, titanium dioxide).
Regulated facility location: Ruabon Chemical Works, Ruabon Works, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, LL14 3SL.

Overview of process

The Ruabon Chemical Works site is located at NGR SJ 27666 42693 within the larger Ruabon Works site, near to the village of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham.  The purpose of the installation was to manufacture colloidal silica.