An overview of Sri Lanka cement industry Environmental impacts methodologies and mitigation measures by Poornima Nadun

The cement industry plays a conspicuous role in world industries. It distributes throughout the world as a result of an abundance of raw materials. Cement as far as we might be concerned was first evolved by Joseph Aspdin, an ambitious nineteenth-century British stonemason, who warmed a blend of ground limestone and mud in his kitchen oven, then at that point, pummeled the invention into a fine powder. The outcome was the world's first hydraulic cement, one that solidifies when water is added.