Boral Australia’s $170 million clinker grinding and cement storage facility at GeelongPort is able to grind about 1.3 million tonnes of clinker and slag a year for the company’s Victorian cement business.
A critical element of the construction supply chain, Boral’s cement can be found in buildings of all types, including roads, bridges, tunnels, pathways, public spaces, walls, barriers and art installations.
According to Boral’s EGM Cement Rajeev Ramankutty the Geelong facility represents Boral’s ongoing commitment to driving sustainability in the manufacturing of our products.
“This investment secures cement supply for Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania for years to come,” he said.
Following its first eighteen months of operation, the new cement grinding and storage facility at GeelongPort has enabled the business to increase volume of bulk sales and increase capacity to support Victoria’s infrastructure, housing and construction sector.
Boral is able to deliver up to 4 million tonnes of cement into the Australian marketplace per annum, supplying both downstream operations and external customers.
GeelongPort GM of Commercial, Elias Anastasiou, said the location of the world class operation at Lascelles Wharf had provided processing efficiencies and taken truck movements off Geelong roads.
“Boral was looking for a location with berth access, close proximity to critical road networks and rail infrastructure to efficiently support customers with high quality, locally produced cement,” Mr Anastasiou said.
“Clinker and slag are unloaded from ships and delivered to the site via covered belt conveyors situated on Lascelles Wharf, providing substantial discharge and processing efficiencies.”
Following processing, the final cement product is transported to the Victorian market via enclosed tanker trucks.
Rajeev Ramankutty said state-of-the-art cement facility was utilising slag, a by-product of steel manufacturing, to reduce landfill waste and substitute cement in concrete products.
“We’re excited about the positive impact the Geelong facility will have on sustainability and the local community,” he said.