Growth of the Cement Industry in Hong Kong

IDJ has sent the following newspaper article which focuses on The Green Island Cement Company in 1932. We have several posted articles about this company which can be seen below in Related Indhhk articles.

HF: I have retyped the original article to aid clarity and searches on the website.

Thanks to SCT for proofreading the retyped version of the original article.

The Green Island Cement Company first started the manufacture of cement in 1889, and increased its capacity ten years later by the installation of kilns and machinery at Hok Un in Kowloon. In 1905 the earliest type of Rotary kilns were installed at Hok Un, and, since that date, cement, has been manufactured in these Rotary kilns on the dry process.

In 1931, however, the Green Island Cement Co.’s factory was completely remodelled by the introduction of new machinery for grinding and burning on the wet process. The new factory is up-to-date in every respect, and is equipped with the most modern plant of its kind in the world.

RAW MATERIALS

The chief raw materials for the manufacture of Portland cement are limestone and clay. Limestone is obtained from obtained from a number of sources and landed in junks at the works’ wharf.