# Production plants of the cement industry

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- Map: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/production-plants-of-the-cement-industry/
- Short title: Cement industry
- Map id: 208
- Categories: Nature and Environment › Geology and raw materials › Mineral raw materials
- Keywords: Geology, Rocks
- Published: 2010-11-26
- Last revised: 2022-02-03
- Content language: English
- Other languages: [Deutsch](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/de/thema/produktionsstandorte-der-zementindustrie.md), [Français](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/fr/theme/sites-de-production-de-lindustrie-du-ciment.md), [Italiano](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/it/tema/siti-di-produzione-dellindustria-del-cemento.md)

## Description

In Switzerland, the *cement industry,* the* lime industry* (combined under the term binding material industry) and the *plaster industry* are domains dealing with the industrial production of rocks. Mines are found under «rock extraction» and brickyards and brick production plants are found under «brickyards».
*Cement production* began in Switzerland in the early 20th century continued to increase in importance until 1972. In relation to the oil crisis (1974-1976), the sales volume decreased by a third and then increased again until the beginning of the recession in 1989.
The* production of hydraulic lime* has strongly decreased over all of Switzerland since the 1980's, while the demand for slaked lime has remained fairly constant but is often met by imports.
The *production of various plaster products* (calcined gypsum, moulding plaster, gypsum for fertilisers and gypsum for the cement industry) shows fluctuations similar to those of the cement industry. Both industry giants are strongly influenced by the construction industry.

## Sources

- SGTK (1915): Die natürlichen Bausteine und Dachschiefer der Schweiz
- SGTK, Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission (ed.) (1997): Die mineralischen Rohstoffe der Schweiz. Zürich: Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission

## Data sources

- SGTK, Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission (2015): [Rohstoffinventar der Schweiz](http://www.sgtk.ch/)

## Data owners

- [Swiss Geotechnical Commission, ETH Zurich (SGC)](http://www.sgtk.ch/)

## Citation

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> Atlas of Switzerland (2022): Production plants of the cement industry. ETH Zürich. Map data © SGC. https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/production-plants-of-the-cement-industry/

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- 1995: `u=ABUAAAAA`
- 2015: `u=AmAAAAAA` (default)

## Links

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## Maps to compare with

- [Chronostratigraphy: age of rocks](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/chronostratigraphy-age-of-rocks.md) (id 164)
- [Classification of rocks](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/classification-of-rocks.md) (id 353)
- [Genesis: origin of rocks](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/genesis-origin-of-rocks.md) (id 167)

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