A heavy industrial plant where limestone, clay, and other materials are crushed, blended, and heated in a rotary kiln to produce clinker. The clinker is then ground into the fine powder known as Portland cement. These facilities operate at extremely high temperatures and are distinct from the batch plants that mix concrete.
Heard on the job
We're getting our bulk powder straight from the cement works in the valley to keep costs down.
Also heard as
- cement plant
Do not mix it up with
- Batching plant: A cement works manufactures the dry cement powder, while a batching plant mixes that powder with water and rock to make concrete.