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Sarens completes heavy lifts at Kwinana plant

08 August 2024, Published under Cement News

The expansion of the Cockburn Cement plant in Kwinana aims to reduce CO 2 emissions by 20 per cent through the installation of cutting-edge cement production technologies. The introduction of two new 100tph ball mill grinding circuits will ensure a reliable supply of high-quality cement products to the Western Australian market. Once operational in 2024, cement production will transition from Munster to Kwinana, while lime manufacturing will remain at Munster.  SIMPEC, a subsidiary o...

Haver & Boecker and IBAU Hamburg upgrade Kwinana facility

20 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Cockburn Cement’s Kwinana facility has a new order with Haver & Boecker OHG and IBAU Hamburg of Germany. The upgrade will consolidate Cockburn Cement ’s Kwinana and Munster grinding operations into a single state-of-the-art, 1.5Mta purpose-built facility in Kwinana . Haver & Boecker’s bulk handling technology provider IBAU HAMBURG have been awarded the design, engineering and part of the procurement and supply contract of a wealth of key infrastructure upgrades. These upgrades includ...

Cockburn Cement awards contract to SIMPEC

16 August 2023, Published under Cement News

Cockburn Cement , a subsidiary of Adbri , has awarded Australian construction firm SIMPEC with the contract for the expansion of its Kwinana cement plant. The contract is valued at AUD105m (US$68m) with the total value of the expansion project put at AUD420m, and includes two 100tph grinding units, a 110,000t raw materials store, and a reclamation system. “This new contract demonstrates the company's track record of delivering for its clients. We are very pleased to secure this work an...

Cockburn Cement fined for odour breaches

10 March 2023, Published under Cement News

Cockburn Cement Ltd (CCL) has been fined AUD290,000 (US$191,000) for odour breaches from its Munster cement plant, according to the Government of Western Australia. The company was charged with six counts of causing unreasonable odour between January and April 2019, contravening the Environmental Protection Act 1986. The company pleaded not guilty to the charges. According to the witnesses involved in the case, there was evidence that the odour could be detected up to 8km from the pl...

Alcoa to extend quicklime supply to Cockburn Cement Ltd

19 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Cockburn Cement Ltd (CCL), an Adbri company, is looking forward to continuing to work with Alcoa around the supply of quicklime to its operations in Western Australia.   Adbri announced that CCL has reached an agreement with Alcoa for the supply of quicklime until 31 January 2023, when the existing arrangement ends on 31 January 2022. Adbri said, “The extension reinforces CCL’s position as a reliable and high quality supplier of lime through our local manufacturing and distribution...

AdBri given approval for AUD199m project

17 December 2020, Published under Cement News

Australia’s Adbri Ltd has been given board approval for an AUD199m (US$151.7m) project that will consolidate two existing cement production sites into a single operation serving the western Australia market and increase production capacity to 1.5Mta from 1.1Mta. AdBri’s Cockburn Cement business has existing production capabilities to service this market at both Kwinana and Munster, located south of Perth. Clinker is currently transported by truck from its Kwinana bulk terminal (KBT) to ceme...

Alcoa will not renew lime supply contract from AdBri subsidiary

06 July 2020, Published under Cement News

Adelaide Brighton’s subsidiary, Cockburn Cement has been advised by Alcoa that it will not renew its lime supply contract, which is due to expire on 30 June 2021. The contract generates around AUD70m (US$48.57m) in annual revenue for the group, according to the Financial Review. "We are disappointed with Alcoa’s decision to displace locally manufactured product with imports from multiple sources, particularly considering our almost 50-year uninterrupted supply relationship," said Nick Mill...

Cockburn reduces Munster workforce, Australia

27 February 2014, Published under Cement News

Cockburn Cement has cut 44 jobs at its Munster cement plant in Australia and indicated that another 20 further jobs could go over the next 18 months as it restructures its operations. WA Business News reported that the move comes as Cockburn Cement plans to import clinker to grind at its Munster and Kwinana facilities. By 2016, all of the 0.4Mta of clinker previously produced at Muster will be replaced by imports, the report stated. The lime kiln facilities will remain operational follow...