The Manufacture of Portland Cement
Portland cement (the only type of cement in common use today) is manufactured in a four step process. Step 1 Quarrying Limestone and a ''cement rock'' such as clay or shale are quarried and brought to the cement works. These rocks contain lime (CaCO3), silica (SiO2), alumina (Al2O3) and ferrous oxide (Fe2O3) the raw materials of cement manufacture