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How We Make Our Products
How we make cement
Cement is typically a grey powder. It acts as the binding agent when mixed with sand, gravel, or crushed stone and water to make concrete. Click the link below for a full description of Holcim's cement manufacturing process.
How we make cement (wet process)
How we make concrete
Concrete is, put very simply, a mix of cement, aggregates (stone) and water. You can find out more detail about how concrete is manufactured by clicking on the link below.
How we make concrete
How we make lime
Click the following link to find out more information about our production of Burnt Lime and Hydrated Lime
How we make lime
How we make aggregates
Quarried materials (including gravel and sand) are the main components by volume of concrete, and are used in many other applications. You can find out how aggregates are manufactured by clicking the link below.
How we make aggregates
 
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