Quicklime Lumps, Color : White

Quicklime is the common name for burnt limestone, calcium oxide (CaO).

How it’s produced:

Quicklime is produced by heating crushed limestone to around 1,100 degrees Celsius in a shaft furnace or rotary kiln. The heating of limestone releases carbon dioxide, leaving calcium oxide (CaCO3 produces CaO + CO2). After heating, the quicklime is crushed and then milled to the appropriate fraction.

Application uses:

• Quicklime has a wide range of uses, including in the production of iron and steel, paper and pulp production, treatment of water and flue gases and in the mining industry.
• For the iron and steel industry, we also supply different fractions of both reactive shaft furnace-burnt and hard-burnt rotary kiln lime.
• For our customers in the paper and pulp industry, we offer tailored products with a focus on purity and function, such as SMA Cellkalk, SMA Kraftkalk-C and SMA Kraftmesa.
• Having our own deposits and production plants allows us to develop the different properties required for the optimal function of our customers’ processes, whatever the application.