Nevada Cement

At Nevada Cement Company, we are dedicated to helping our customers create the communities we call home. Since 1964, we have been manufacturing and distributing bulk and sack cement in Northern Nevada and Northern California. We have a strong commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, and community involvement.

Our History

Nevada Cement Company was founded in 1962, with the construction of our cement manufacturing plant beginning in the same year. By 1964, we began producing portland cement. Our initial design capacity was 540 tons per day, but over the years, we have expanded and upgraded our facilities. In 1969, we added a second kiln, raw mill, and two finish mills, which was completed in 1970. By 1976, a coal handling and firing system had been added to the plant. In 1986, we installed a Fuller single stage preheater on the number two kiln.

Today, our production capacity is 500,000 tons of clinker and 560,000 tons of cement annually. Our commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction has allowed us to become a leading supplier of cement in Northern Nevada and Northern California.

Quarry Operations

We currently operate two limestone quarries. The Fernley quarry is located seven miles southeast of our cement manufacturing facility, off Highway 95 Alternate. The Churchill quarry is located forty miles east of our cement manufacturing facility, off I-80 Exit 83. These quarries provide us with the raw materials necessary for our cement production process.

Plant Operations

Our plant is equipped with a rock crushing facility, two raw grinding mills, two rotary kilns, three finish mills, seventy thousand tons of clinker storage, thirty-four thousand tons of cement storage, and an onsite laboratory. The two rotary kilns are the heart of the manufacturing process. Each is eleven feet in diameter and three hundred eighty-eight feet long.

The rotary kilns are long cylinders rotating on a slightly inclined axis such that raw materials fed in the upper end travel slowly to the lower discharge end where fuels such as coal and coke are ignited to produce temperatures exceeding three thousand degrees Fahrenheit. The raw materials are a blend of limestone, silica bearing clays and iron that are ground into a homogeneous powder by the raw mills and then metered to the kilns from blending tanks.

As gravity slowly conveys the raw feed downward through the heating zones of the kilns, it undergoes specific physical and chemical reactions producing an intermediate product called clinker. Clinker is composed primarily of tricalcium silicate and dicalcium silicate crystals; two components which when mixed with water form cementitious materials called calcium silicate hydrates (CSH). The clinker is then ground once more with a small amount of gypsum in the finish mills to produce the final cement product that serves as the "paste" that is used to bond and strengthen the aggregate particles in concrete.

Services Offered

At Nevada Cement Company, we offer a variety of services to our customers. We manufacture and distribute bulk and sack cement, and we provide technical assistance to mining companies for the development of better, more cost-efficient backfill and shot-crete processes. We also offer employment opportunities for those interested in joining our team.

Our technical staff is always available to assist our customers with any questions or concerns they may have. We value our customer base and are always looking for ways to expand our relationships with all those involved in the mining industry.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our services or would like to learn more about Nevada Cement Company, please contact our Sales Team. We are here to help you create the communities we call home.