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It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905. [2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84. [3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It is one of Baker County's largest private employers; [4] [5] opened in 1979, it succeeded the plant near Lime.
The main field of activity of thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH is the cement industry. The company offers both individual machines and complete plants for cement production. In addition, thyssenkrupp Polysius provides services along the entire life cycle of cement plants, including inspections, maintenance and the supply of innovative OEM spare parts.
As the nearby limestone deposits were depleted, limestone was brought from the Nelson area near Durkee. [3] A new plant was built at Nelson in 1979 and the facility at Lime was closed in 1980. [3] Oregon Portland Cement Company merged with the Ash Grove Cement Company in 1983. [3] [6]
A 1924 issue of Concrete magazine said that the operation at 1000 La Brea Ave. appeared to be "the pioneer mixing plant in the West," the first of its kind offering "ready-mixed Portland cement ...
There is “pretty much a cement plant every 250 miles in the world,” he said, and most are located near a limestone quarry. Because it works with these existing plants and uses the same ...
The output obtained from a site mix concrete plant using a 8/12 mixer is 4 to 5 metric cubes per hour which is 30-60 metric cubes per hour in a ready mix concrete plant. Better handling and proper mixing practice will help reduce the consumption of cement by 10 – 12%.
The plant would feed the major industrial development that’s coming near New Carlisle. A special use variance comes to the county council on April 9.
A warehouse was completed in 1897 to provide storage for up to 10,000 barrels of cement, and by this time the plant had a monthly payroll of $2,000 ($73,248 in 2023). [6] In 1949, the company opened a plant in Rillito, Arizona, under the name Arizona Portland Cement. [4] A third cement plant, in Mojave, California, began production in 1956. [4]