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3 unusual facts about portland cement


Andrey Kirikov

True to its name, the company focused on production and marketing of Portland cement in the vast Russian region of Siberia.

Building and Road Research Institute

The institute in the 1990s begun researching into Pozzolana cement, an alternative cement to the Portland cement for building.

Confidence Group

Confidence Cement Limited manufactures of Portland cement in Bangladesh.It claims, on its own website, that it is in the “Top 20 Best Performing Companies” list consistently for over a decade.


Octagon house

Modern concrete is made using Portland cement, not lime, but the main difference is the universal use of steel reinforcing bars, which greatly increase the strength of the material, and make it possible to build concrete beams and floor slabs as well as walls.

Oglesby, Illinois

It was originally called Portland, due to the cement mined and manufactured in the area that was similar to Portland Cement from England.

Sorel cement

It can withstand 10,000 – 12,000 psi (69 - 83 MPa) of compressive force whereas standard Portland cement can typically only withstand 7,000 - 8,000 psi.

Sung Shin

It manufactures portland cement products, and its manufacturing operations are based in Danyang, Chungcheongbuk-do.


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Buzzi Unicem

In 2004 the group acquired control of the German cement company Dyckerhoff (founded as Portland-Cement-Fabrik Dyckerhoff & Söhne in Amöneburg by Wilhelm Gustav Dyckerhoff and his sons in 1864).

Fyansford Cement Works Railway

The Fyansford Cement Works Railway was an industrial railway near Geelong, Australia, built by the Australian Portland Cement Company to carry limestone from their quarry to their cement works in Fyansford.

Soil stabilizer

Soil cement, a mix of pulverized natural soil with small amount of Portland cement and water

South African Class NG6 4-4-0

Known users were, amongst others, Premier Portland Cement in Bulawayo, the Rhodesian Native Timber Concessions at Gwaai, the Cam and Motor Mine at Gatooma, the Selukwe Peak Light Railway of the Selukwe Chrome Mine, the Lupane Forest Estates, the Igusi Saw Mills and the Arcturus Mine east of Salisbury, all these in Rhodesia.