BORAL CEMENT

Build something great

Cement manufacturing at
Portland cement dates from its
discovery by an English mason,
Joseph Aspdin in 1824 who
obtained the patent and gave
the product its name Portland
cement because the mortar
colour it produced resembled a
natural building stone obtained
from the Isle of Portland off the
English coast.
Portland cement signicantly
improved on earlier cement
developments by preparing a
synthetic mixture of lime and
clay without depending on raw
materials found in nature which
might contain such elements in
desirable proportions.
In 1877 the rst rotary kiln was
patented in England. In 1885
Englishman Frederick Ransome
patented the rst rotary cement
kiln. Since that time rotary kilns
have developed in size,
capacity, output quality and
operational economy. Now
with modern materials handling
equipment, more efcient
combustion techniques and
computerized processing and
control, kilns are capable of
producing over four thousand
ve hundred tonnes of cement
clinker per day.
Berrima
A.C.N. 008 528 523
A.B.N. 62 008 528 523
VICTORIA
1800 673 570
TASMANIA
(03) 6427 0133
PRODUCT SUPPORT:
1800 721 258
www.boral.com.au/cement
BCC_10301_08/12
The Berrima cement works
are the longest in Australia. The
130km integrated manufacturing
process begins at Marulan where
limestone is quarried, then railed to
Berrima where clinker is produced.
The clinker is then transported by
rail to Maldon for cement milling,
where it is bagged and distributed.
Berrimas plant capacity is
1.4 million tones of clinker per
annum. Twenty ve percent of
this output is transported to the
grinding plant at Maldon where it is
converted to cement. The remaining
clinker is ground at Berrima and
dispatched in large quantities to
Canberra, the NSW south coast
and other NSW markets.
The Berrima kilns are equal to
the most modern in the world with
continuous development upgrades
featuring the latest technology
and equipment. Electronic
controls, video display,
computer control systems
and a chemical and physical
testing laboratory (with x-ray
uorescent spectrometer) have
enabled Berrima to maintain
the high quality of cement
production for which it
is known.
Environmental considerations
are a priority at the Berrima
cement works. Dust collectors
are located at all possible
emission points, water run-off
lters through settling ponds
and noise levels are reduced
by sound-proof enclosures
around noisier equipment.
Tree planting and landscaping
assist the Berrima plant
design to blend with the
natural surroundings.
Boral Cement Works is situated at
Berrima 150kms south of Sydney
and supplies much of Sydneys
annual cement requirement - over
one million tonnes per year.
Berrima
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Marulan-Berrima-Maldon
production line
Portland Cement
BORAL CEMENT
Build something great

Cement manufacturing at
Portland cement dates from its
discovery by an English mason,
Joseph Aspdin in 1824 who
obtained the patent and gave
the product its name Portland
cement because the mortar
colour it produced resembled a
natural building stone obtained
from the Isle of Portland off the
English coast.
Portland cement signicantly
improved on earlier cement
developments by preparing a
synthetic mixture of lime and
clay without depending on raw
materials found in nature which
might contain such elements in
desirable proportions.
In 1877 the rst rotary kiln was
patented in England. In 1885
Englishman Frederick Ransome
patented the rst rotary cement
kiln. Since that time rotary kilns
have developed in size,
capacity, output quality and
operational economy. Now
with modern materials handling
equipment, more efcient
combustion techniques and
computerized processing and
control, kilns are capable of
producing over four thousand
ve hundred tonnes of cement
clinker per day.
Berrima
A.C.N. 008 528 523
A.B.N. 62 008 528 523
VICTORIA
1800 673 570
TASMANIA
(03) 6427 0133
PRODUCT SUPPORT:
1800 721 258
www.boral.com.au/cement
BCC_10301_08/12
The Berrima cement works
are the longest in Australia. The
130km integrated manufacturing
process begins at Marulan where
limestone is quarried, then railed to
Berrima where clinker is produced.
The clinker is then transported by
rail to Maldon for cement milling,
where it is bagged and distributed.
Berrimas plant capacity is
1.4 million tones of clinker per
annum. Twenty ve percent of
this output is transported to the
grinding plant at Maldon where it is
converted to cement. The remaining
clinker is ground at Berrima and
dispatched in large quantities to
Canberra, the NSW south coast
and other NSW markets.
The Berrima kilns are equal to
the most modern in the world with
continuous development upgrades
featuring the latest technology
and equipment. Electronic
controls, video display,
computer control systems
and a chemical and physical
testing laboratory (with x-ray
uorescent spectrometer) have
enabled Berrima to maintain
the high quality of cement
production for which it
is known.
Environmental considerations
are a priority at the Berrima
cement works. Dust collectors
are located at all possible
emission points, water run-off
lters through settling ponds
and noise levels are reduced
by sound-proof enclosures
around noisier equipment.
Tree planting and landscaping
assist the Berrima plant
design to blend with the
natural surroundings.
Boral Cement Works is situated at
Berrima 150kms south of Sydney
and supplies much of Sydneys
annual cement requirement - over
one million tonnes per year.
Berrima
B
e
r
r
i
m
a
Marulan-Berrima-Maldon
production line
Portland Cement
BORAL CEMENT
Build something great

Cement manufacturing at
Portland cement dates from its
discovery by an English mason,
Joseph Aspdin in 1824 who
obtained the patent and gave
the product its name Portland
cement because the mortar
colour it produced resembled a
natural building stone obtained
from the Isle of Portland off the
English coast.
Portland cement signicantly
improved on earlier cement
developments by preparing a
synthetic mixture of lime and
clay without depending on raw
materials found in nature which
might contain such elements in
desirable proportions.
In 1877 the rst rotary kiln was
patented in England. In 1885
Englishman Frederick Ransome
patented the rst rotary cement
kiln. Since that time rotary kilns
have developed in size,
capacity, output quality and
operational economy. Now
with modern materials handling
equipment, more efcient
combustion techniques and
computerized processing and
control, kilns are capable of
producing over four thousand
ve hundred tonnes of cement
clinker per day.
Berrima
A.C.N. 008 528 523
A.B.N. 62 008 528 523
VICTORIA
1800 673 570
TASMANIA
(03) 6427 0133
PRODUCT SUPPORT:
1800 721 258
www.boral.com.au/cement
BCC_10301_08/12
The Berrima cement works
are the longest in Australia. The
130km integrated manufacturing
process begins at Marulan where
limestone is quarried, then railed to
Berrima where clinker is produced.
The clinker is then transported by
rail to Maldon for cement milling,
where it is bagged and distributed.
Berrimas plant capacity is
1.4 million tones of clinker per
annum. Twenty ve percent of
this output is transported to the
grinding plant at Maldon where it is
converted to cement. The remaining
clinker is ground at Berrima and
dispatched in large quantities to
Canberra, the NSW south coast
and other NSW markets.
The Berrima kilns are equal to
the most modern in the world with
continuous development upgrades
featuring the latest technology
and equipment. Electronic
controls, video display,
computer control systems
and a chemical and physical
testing laboratory (with x-ray
uorescent spectrometer) have
enabled Berrima to maintain
the high quality of cement
production for which it
is known.
Environmental considerations
are a priority at the Berrima
cement works. Dust collectors
are located at all possible
emission points, water run-off
lters through settling ponds
and noise levels are reduced
by sound-proof enclosures
around noisier equipment.
Tree planting and landscaping
assist the Berrima plant
design to blend with the
natural surroundings.
Boral Cement Works is situated at
Berrima 150kms south of Sydney
and supplies much of Sydneys
annual cement requirement - over
one million tonnes per year.
Berrima
B
e
r
r
i
m
a
Marulan-Berrima-Maldon
production line
Portland Cement
BLAST FURNACE
SLAG STOCKPILE
SLAG DRYER
Marulan Limestone Quarry
DRY SLAG
STORAGE
SHALE
COAL BLENDING
& STORAGE
CRUSHER
SHALE
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TOWER No1
Berrima Clinker and Cement Works
Maldon Cement Works
Berrima Colliery
Cement making is a simple
process in which carefully
measured quantities of limestone,
shale, iron ore and occasionally
sand are blended together,
ground to a ne powder and
fused at a very high temperature
in a rotary kiln. The fused material
or clinker is cooled and then
ground with a small amount of
gypsum in a ball mill to produce
the nished cement powder.
Limestone is the primary raw
material in cement with a high level
of calcium carbonate. Chalk or
coral can also be used. At Berrima
limestone is used which comes
from Borals limestone quarry at
Marulan (70kms south of Berrima).
Limestone is a high grade stone
won by blasting, then crushed
before being transported by rail
to the cement works. Shale is
quarried on the cement works site.
The small quantity of iron
ore required to make cement
is obtained from outside resources.
Sand is supplied locally when
required for ne correction of
the mix.
Berrima employs a dry process
for cement manufacturing in which
raw materials are ground to a ne
powder in a vertical raw mill, then;
1.
The dry ground meal is stored
in a large blending silo.
2.
From the silo it is conveyed
by elevator to the top of the
pre-heater tower with four
cyclone stages.
3.
The raw meal falls by
gravity through each
interconnected cyclone
during which the hot gases
from the kiln pass through the
cyclones and heat the raw
meal to approx. 1000C.
4.
From the bottom cyclone the
hot meal enters the rotating
kiln and travels toward the
fusion zone, when it is heated
to 1450C.
5.
As the hot clinker leaves the
kiln it passes through a grate
cooler where it is cooled to
120C and is then conveyed
to storage.
The origin of cement dates
back to mans earliest beginnings
when builders sought a material
to bind stones together to build
shelter and later homes. In the
early Egyptian era, cement
material was produced by burning
gypsum. The early Greeks and
Romans used lime and lime-
bearing cement for buildings,
roads, bridges and aqueducts.
The word cement was
derived from the early Roman
Caementum, a rough, unhewn
stone or chips of marble from
which a kind of mortar was
made. The term Concrete
came from Concretus- meaning
growing together. The Romans
used cement to make loose
stones grow together into a
single rock-like mass to build
concrete structures such as
the Roman baths (27BC), the
Colosseum and the Basilica
of Constantine. The ruins still
survive today.
It is believed the Romans also
developed the rst known
hydraulic cement cement
capable of hardening under
water. Created by mixing slaked
lime with a volcanic rock or sand
called Pozzolana, the cement
was named after the place where
it was rst found - Possuoli near
Mount Vesuvius and is commonly
known as Pozzolanic cement.
The Marulan-Berrima-Maldon Production Line 2012
Berrima
Cement manufacturing at
The New Berrima works are the longest works in Australia - they begin their 130km integrated manufacturing process at Marulan - when limestone is
railed from there to New Berrima, where clinker is produced. It is then transported to Maldon for cement milling, where it is bagged then distributed.
GEELONG
MELBOURNE
MARULAN
MALDON
SYDNEY
NEWCASTLE
BERRIMA
How Portland Cement
is made at Berrima
BLAST FURNACE
SLAG STOCKPILE
SLAG DRYER
Marulan Limestone Quarry
DRY SLAG
STORAGE
SHALE
COAL BLENDING
& STORAGE
CRUSHER
SHALE
LOCAL
SHALE QUARRY
LOCAL
IRON ORE
LIMESTONE
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Berrima Clinker and Cement Works
Maldon Cement Works
Berrima Colliery
Cement making is a simple
process in which carefully
measured quantities of limestone,
shale, iron ore and occasionally
sand are blended together,
ground to a ne powder and
fused at a very high temperature
in a rotary kiln. The fused material
or clinker is cooled and then
ground with a small amount of
gypsum in a ball mill to produce
the nished cement powder.
Limestone is the primary raw
material in cement with a high level
of calcium carbonate. Chalk or
coral can also be used. At Berrima
limestone is used which comes
from Borals limestone quarry at
Marulan (70kms south of Berrima).
Limestone is a high grade stone
won by blasting, then crushed
before being transported by rail
to the cement works. Shale is
quarried on the cement works site.
The small quantity of iron
ore required to make cement
is obtained from outside resources.
Sand is supplied locally when
required for ne correction of
the mix.
Berrima employs a dry process
for cement manufacturing in which
raw materials are ground to a ne
powder in a vertical raw mill, then;
1.
The dry ground meal is stored
in a large blending silo.
2.
From the silo it is conveyed
by elevator to the top of the
pre-heater tower with four
cyclone stages.
3.
The raw meal falls by
gravity through each
interconnected cyclone
during which the hot gases
from the kiln pass through the
cyclones and heat the raw
meal to approx. 1000C.
4.
From the bottom cyclone the
hot meal enters the rotating
kiln and travels toward the
fusion zone, when it is heated
to 1450C.
5.
As the hot clinker leaves the
kiln it passes through a grate
cooler where it is cooled to
120C and is then conveyed
to storage.
The origin of cement dates
back to mans earliest beginnings
when builders sought a material
to bind stones together to build
shelter and later homes. In the
early Egyptian era, cement
material was produced by burning
gypsum. The early Greeks and
Romans used lime and lime-
bearing cement for buildings,
roads, bridges and aqueducts.
The word cement was
derived from the early Roman
Caementum, a rough, unhewn
stone or chips of marble from
which a kind of mortar was
made. The term Concrete
came from Concretus- meaning
growing together. The Romans
used cement to make loose
stones grow together into a
single rock-like mass to build
concrete structures such as
the Roman baths (27BC), the
Colosseum and the Basilica
of Constantine. The ruins still
survive today.
It is believed the Romans also
developed the rst known
hydraulic cement cement
capable of hardening under
water. Created by mixing slaked
lime with a volcanic rock or sand
called Pozzolana, the cement
was named after the place where
it was rst found - Possuoli near
Mount Vesuvius and is commonly
known as Pozzolanic cement.
The Marulan-Berrima-Maldon Production Line 2012
Berrima
Cement manufacturing at
The New Berrima works are the longest works in Australia - they begin their 130km integrated manufacturing process at Marulan - when limestone is
railed from there to New Berrima, where clinker is produced. It is then transported to Maldon for cement milling, where it is bagged then distributed.
GEELONG
MELBOURNE
MARULAN
MALDON
SYDNEY
NEWCASTLE
BERRIMA
How Portland Cement
is made at Berrima
BLAST FURNACE
SLAG STOCKPILE
SLAG DRYER
Marulan Limestone Quarry
DRY SLAG
STORAGE
SHALE
COAL BLENDING
& STORAGE
CRUSHER
SHALE
LOCAL
SHALE QUARRY
LOCAL
IRON ORE
LIMESTONE
LOCAL
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Berrima Clinker and Cement Works
Maldon Cement Works
Berrima Colliery
Cement making is a simple
process in which carefully
measured quantities of limestone,
shale, iron ore and occasionally
sand are blended together,
ground to a ne powder and
fused at a very high temperature
in a rotary kiln. The fused material
or clinker is cooled and then
ground with a small amount of
gypsum in a ball mill to produce
the nished cement powder.
Limestone is the primary raw
material in cement with a high level
of calcium carbonate. Chalk or
coral can also be used. At Berrima
limestone is used which comes
from Borals limestone quarry at
Marulan (70kms south of Berrima).
Limestone is a high grade stone
won by blasting, then crushed
before being transported by rail
to the cement works. Shale is
quarried on the cement works site.
The small quantity of iron
ore required to make cement
is obtained from outside resources.
Sand is supplied locally when
required for ne correction of
the mix.
Berrima employs a dry process
for cement manufacturing in which
raw materials are ground to a ne
powder in a vertical raw mill, then;
1.
The dry ground meal is stored
in a large blending silo.
2.
From the silo it is conveyed
by elevator to the top of the
pre-heater tower with four
cyclone stages.
3.
The raw meal falls by
gravity through each
interconnected cyclone
during which the hot gases
from the kiln pass through the
cyclones and heat the raw
meal to approx. 1000C.
4.
From the bottom cyclone the
hot meal enters the rotating
kiln and travels toward the
fusion zone, when it is heated
to 1450C.
5.
As the hot clinker leaves the
kiln it passes through a grate
cooler where it is cooled to
120C and is then conveyed
to storage.
The origin of cement dates
back to mans earliest beginnings
when builders sought a material
to bind stones together to build
shelter and later homes. In the
early Egyptian era, cement
material was produced by burning
gypsum. The early Greeks and
Romans used lime and lime-
bearing cement for buildings,
roads, bridges and aqueducts.
The word cement was
derived from the early Roman
Caementum, a rough, unhewn
stone or chips of marble from
which a kind of mortar was
made. The term Concrete
came from Concretus- meaning
growing together. The Romans
used cement to make loose
stones grow together into a
single rock-like mass to build
concrete structures such as
the Roman baths (27BC), the
Colosseum and the Basilica
of Constantine. The ruins still
survive today.
It is believed the Romans also
developed the rst known
hydraulic cement cement
capable of hardening under
water. Created by mixing slaked
lime with a volcanic rock or sand
called Pozzolana, the cement
was named after the place where
it was rst found - Possuoli near
Mount Vesuvius and is commonly
known as Pozzolanic cement.
The Marulan-Berrima-Maldon Production Line 2012
Berrima
Cement manufacturing at
The New Berrima works are the longest works in Australia - they begin their 130km integrated manufacturing process at Marulan - when limestone is
railed from there to New Berrima, where clinker is produced. It is then transported to Maldon for cement milling, where it is bagged then distributed.
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How Portland Cement
is made at Berrima
BORAL CEMENT
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Cement manufacturing at
Portland cement dates from its
discovery by an English mason,
Joseph Aspdin in 1824 who
obtained the patent and gave
the product its name Portland
cement because the mortar
colour it produced resembled a
natural building stone obtained
from the Isle of Portland off the
English coast.
Portland cement signicantly
improved on earlier cement
developments by preparing a
synthetic mixture of lime and
clay without depending on raw
materials found in nature which
might contain such elements in
desirable proportions.
In 1877 the rst rotary kiln was
patented in England. In 1885
Englishman Frederick Ransome
patented the rst rotary cement
kiln. Since that time rotary kilns
have developed in size,
capacity, output quality and
operational economy. Now
with modern materials handling
equipment, more efcient
combustion techniques and
computerized processing and
control, kilns are capable of
producing over four thousand
ve hundred tonnes of cement
clinker per day.
Berrima
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The Berrima cement works
are the longest in Australia. The
130km integrated manufacturing
process begins at Marulan where
limestone is quarried, then railed to
Berrima where clinker is produced.
The clinker is then transported by
rail to Maldon for cement milling,
where it is bagged and distributed.
Berrimas plant capacity is
1.4 million tones of clinker per
annum. Twenty ve percent of
this output is transported to the
grinding plant at Maldon where it is
converted to cement. The remaining
clinker is ground at Berrima and
dispatched in large quantities to
Canberra, the NSW south coast
and other NSW markets.
The Berrima kilns are equal to
the most modern in the world with
continuous development upgrades
featuring the latest technology
and equipment. Electronic
controls, video display,
computer control systems
and a chemical and physical
testing laboratory (with x-ray
uorescent spectrometer) have
enabled Berrima to maintain
the high quality of cement
production for which it
is known.
Environmental considerations
are a priority at the Berrima
cement works. Dust collectors
are located at all possible
emission points, water run-off
lters through settling ponds
and noise levels are reduced
by sound-proof enclosures
around noisier equipment.
Tree planting and landscaping
assist the Berrima plant
design to blend with the
natural surroundings.
Boral Cement Works is situated at
Berrima 150kms south of Sydney
and supplies much of Sydneys
annual cement requirement - over
one million tonnes per year.
Berrima
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Marulan-Berrima-Maldon
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Portland Cement