I need to find out hw cement is manufactured on a large scale, and if the answers could be concise and short, and not too complicated that would be great. i dont need you to go into a lot of detail, just outline how it's done.Thank you!
There are different types of cement but... Portland cement is made by heating limestone with small quantities of other materials (such as clay) to 1450°C in a kiln. The resulting hard substance, called 'clinker', is then ground with a small amount of gypsum into a powder to make 'Ordinary Portland Cement', the most commonly used type of cement (often referred to as OPC). Always the same process just in large volume.
