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Update on Adbri Cement’s annual maintenance work
January 27, 2023Cement Mill 1 Shutdown maintenance work has been completed and it is back operating again, ahead of schedule. Cement Mill 7 is also operating again. Work in other parts of our Birkenhead manufacturing facility is continuing with the Shutdown scheduled to finish by 3 February. The Kiln critical path is on schedule and Kiln re-bricking […]
Read storyUpdate on Adbri Cement’s boost to local Port Adelaide economy during January maintenance
January 16, 2023We have been making good progress with the current Shutdown (4 January to 3 February) at our Adbri Cement (ABC) Birkenhead manufacturing facility in order to undertake planned maintenance and repairs. Sections of our facility, including our two larger cement mills and the kiln, are being progressively shut down. Other sections of the plant are […]
Read storyUpdate on Adbri Cement’s boost to Port Adelaide economy during January Maintenance
January 9, 2023We have commenced our scheduled annual Shutdown (4 January to 3 February) of parts of our operations at our Adbri Cement (ABC) local South Australian manufacturing facility at Birkenhead in order to undertake planned maintenance and repairs. Sections of our facility, including our two larger cement mills and the kiln, are being progressively shut down. […]
Read storyAdbri Cement boosts local Port Adelaide economy during January maintenance
December 21, 2022Each year we shut down parts of our operations at our Adbri Cement (ABC) local South Australian manufacturing facility at Birkenhead to undertake scheduled maintenance and repairs. Sections of our facility, including our two larger cement mills and the kiln, are scheduled to be shut down progressively between 4 January and 3 February, 2023. […]
Read storyThumbs up from Le Fevre Kindergarten
December 16, 2022The students and staff at Le Fevre Kindergarten, close to our manufacturing facility at Birkenhead in South Australia, gave their thumbs up to Adbri Cement’s support for a new pathway, which has been getting a good work out from their bikes. They are also very happy that we will be providing extra shade cloth, including […]
Read storyThank you to retiring Community Liaison Group members
December 12, 2022Our Environment Advisor Craig Mackenzie presented certificates of appreciation and gifts to retiring members of the Adbri Cement Birkenhead Community Liaison Group recently. Craig thanked Helen Wright and John Ford (pictured) and Dr Brian Astill for their dedicated service to our community. We invite other community members to join the Community Liaison Group, which meets […]
Read storyAdbri Cement is a proud sponsor of the Port Adelaide Dockside Festival
December 9, 2022As an iconic South Australian company, with a proud 140 year history, Adbri Cement is delighted to sponsor Port Adelaide’s Dockside Festival (December 9-11, 2022). We hope that the Dockside Festival will become a celebrated part of the Port Adelaide calendar, drawing more and more people to enjoy this dynamic part of Adelaide, where we […]
Read storyUpdate on trial to improve our carbon footprint by reducing fossil fuels
December 1, 2022We mentioned recently that we had commenced a three month Environment Protection Authority-approved trial at our Adbri Cement (ABC) manufacturing facility at Birkenhead to further reduce our use of non-renewable fossil fuels by replacing them with additional alternative fuel. Our calciner at our Birkenhead facility already uses 90 percent alternative fuel – Refuse Derived Fuel […]
Read storyEPA licence to operate Adbri Cement facility at Birkenhead renewed for 5 years
November 2, 2022Adbri Cement (ABC) welcomes the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) renewing our Birkenhead facility licence to operate for another 5 years. The licence contains conditions on environmental issues, including monitoring, managing and minimising dust and noise levels and continuing with our Environmental Improvement Program. We thank the Community Liaison Group and the general community for the […]
Read storyTrial to further improve our carbon footprint through additional alternative fuel
October 27, 2022Adbri’s goal is to be Australia’s lowest carbon local cement manufacturer, with net zero emissions by 2050. We mentioned earlier this month that we were conducting an Environment Protection Authority-approved trial at our Adbri Cement Ltd (ABC) facility at Birkenhead to reduce our use of non-renewable fossil fuels by using additional alternative fuel. The trial […]
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