Cemex's battle over Spanish expansion plan

643 Cemex plans to expand its limestone and marl quarry in Serreta Llarga, Alicante, Spain, on part of a plot earmarked for a natural park, according to a local landowner and environmental group, 5039 Ecologistas en Accion.

The Mexican cement firm has applied to the town council for a declaration of community interest for the project, plans for which are currently on public show.

The expansion will be on land owned by Cemex and presently occupied by cultivated land. The adjacent land is owned by Construcciones y Desarrollos Playa de Poniente, which has opposed the plan saying that the area is considered a natural park and such a project would have a lasting impact on its protected environment.