# Adbri > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adbri > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adbri.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbri > Source revision: 1356299920 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian manufacturer of cement, lime and dry blended products}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{More footnotes|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox company | name = | type = | traded_as = | logo = Adbri logo.png | former_name = | industry = [Construction](/source/Construction) | founded = 1882 | founder = | defunct = | hq_location_city = [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) | area_served = Australia | key_people = | revenue = $1.5 billion | revenue_year = 2020 | operating_income = $148 million | income_year = 2020 | net_income = $95 million | net_income_year = 2020 | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | subsidiaries = | website = {{official URL}} }} '''Adbri''', formerly '''Adelaide Brighton Cement''', is an Australian manufacturer of [cement](/source/cement), [lime](/source/Lime_(mineral)) and dry blended products. ==Overview== Adbri operates manufacturing and distribution facilities in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) and [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales). Associated brands and companies include Cockburn Cement, Sunstate Cement, Northern Cement, Independent Cement & Lime, and Building Product Supplies. The company's Geelong Cement works, at [Fyansford](/source/Fyansford), was closed in 2001.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.batesfordquarry.com.au/Main.asp?_=Our%20History |publisher=Batesford Quarry |access-date=2021-04-03}} The company delisted from the [Australian Securities Exchange](/source/Australian_Securities_Exchange) in 2024 following [CRH](/source/CRH_plc) becoming a majority shareholder in the company. ==Mining and processing facilities== * [Angaston](/source/Angaston%2C_South_Australia) plant * [Birkenhead](/source/Birkenhead%2C_South_Australia) plant * [Klein Point](/source/Klein_Point), limestone quarry * [Rapid Bay](/source/Rapid_Bay) limestone quarry ==History== William Lewis, a [Welsh](/source/Wales) immigrant, established [lime kiln](/source/lime_kiln)s in 1880 on an allotment near the corner of [Brighton](/source/Tapleys_Hill_Road) and Shoreham Roads, [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). Several kilometres south, what is now [Marino](/source/Marino%2C_South_Australia) to [Reynella](/source/Reynella) and [Hallett Cove](/source/Hallett_Cove%2C_South_Australia), were rich [limestone](/source/limestone) deposits. The rocks formed part of the great [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) limestone formations known geologically as the Brighton Series. Two years later, Lewis built a larger kiln, closer to the limestone deposits, fifteen feet square and twenty feet high. So began the Brighton Cement Works, which were officially opened on 12 December 1882. There was a bright future for the production of local cement, as at that time, South Australia was importing 8,000 tons of [portland cement](/source/portland_cement) a year. But the promising start soon faded, with Lewis closing the works in 1883 due to poor sales, attributed to the local product being too expensive and not as good quality as the imported cement. However, other colonists took up the challenge. [Brompton](/source/Brompton%2C_South_Australia) brickmaker, William Shearing became involved. Some years later, a [syndicate](/source/syndicate) including [John Howard Angas](/source/John_Howard_Angas) and [Simpson Newland](/source/Simpson_Newland) bought the Works. In 1896, quality of the local cement appeared solid, with the product being used in the construction of the [Happy Valley Reservoir](/source/Happy_Valley_Reservoir). By 1900 the company had {{convert|813|acre|km2}} and were selling over 3,500 tons a year. A major setback occurred on 7 November 1909, when the works were consumed by fire. Carting rock and coal was a significant task, with horse and [dray](/source/wagon) being a familiar sight. In 1913, the company owned 74 horses. Stablehands began at 4 am with grooming and feeding. Drivers were ready at 6:45 am for the {{frac|11|1|2}} hour trip from the Works to the city carrying cement, returning via Bromptom, where [coke](/source/Coke_(fuel)) was loaded. Horse-drawn trolleys were also used to cart additional stone from the Reynella quarries{{cite web |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194648/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=65 |archive-date=2014-06-02 |title=Brighton Cement Quarries at Reynella, S. Aust., 1937 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=63 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602195621/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=63 |archive-date=2014-06-02 |title=Brighton Cement Quarries at Reynella, S. Aust., 1937 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=64 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200333/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=64 |archive-date=2014-06-02 |title=Brighton Cement Quarries at Reynella, S. Aust., 1937 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=926 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602194756/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=926 |archive-date=2014-06-02 |title=Crusher at the Reynella Quarry, Reynella, S. Aust., circa 1926 }} to the Reynella railway station, to be freighted to the Marino site by rail. Eventually the Reynella horses were replaced by the [Flying Fox](/source/Zip_line).{{cite web |url=http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192632/http://www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/view_details.asp?RefID=80 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=Reynella Quarries, Reynella, S. Aust., 1928 }} This labour-saving aerial ropeway became somewhat of a tourist attraction. The Brighton Cement works moved to [Angaston](/source/Angaston%2C_South_Australia) in the 1950s. Brighton Cement merged with Adelaide Cement Company to become Adelaide Brighton Cement in the 1970s. ==General references== *{{cite book |title=How firm the foundation: a historical survey of an independent venture that founded the Portland cement industry in Australia |first=David William |last=Penn |location=North Sydney |publisher=Concrete |year=1977 |isbn=9780909942298 |oclc=27608883 }} *{{cite book |title=The history of Marion on the Sturt: the story of a changing landscape and its people |first=Alison |last=Dolling |location=Frewville |publisher=Peacock Publications |year=1981 |isbn=9780909209483 |oclc=27574303 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.adbri.com.au/ Official Website] {{Mining companies of Australia}} {{S&P/ASX 200}} Category:Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Category:Mining companies of Australia Category:Cement companies of Australia Category:Manufacturing companies based in Adelaide Category:Australian companies established in 1882 Category:Lime kilns in Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adbri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbri) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adbri?action=history)). 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