Costs So Little, Does So Much
Animals in Bredasdorp

Lime, antiseptic, a source of calcium carbonate, water stabilizer, wall finish, whitewash, unslaked lime, feed lime, agricultural lime, animal feed, fertilizer, an essential component of contact lenses! You can do so much with P&B Lime.

Generations of customers have benefitted from our high quality calcitic lime. At first, the company focused on calcining limestone into lime for the building industry. In 1935 it started producing its renowned P&B Agricultural Lime. In sugar refineries, lime is used to purify the raw syrup by precipitation. In the manufacture of lime silica bricks, insulation and building board materials. Lime is also used in the mortar to lay bricks and the render of walls. Used to recover caustic soda during the conversion of wood chips to pulp. Lime bleaches the pulp and also dissolves non-cellulose components of straw. It disintegrates straw fibres during the manufacture of strawboard and pasteboard. Lime removes hair and is used to plump hides in preparation for leather tanning. Lime and limestone are used to absorb sulphur dioxide from exhaust gases in smelters and power generation plants. Reduces pollution by removing organic matter, phosphates and nitrogen from waste water. It prevents over vegetation in streams and lakes, controls odours from waste ponds and precipitates heavy metals. Neutralizes acid wastes, so it impedes corrosion and protects the natural environment. Treats potable and industrial water supplies, including drinking water for cities and process water used in industry. It can provide a cementing action that stabilizes soil into a steadfast layer impervious to water penetration. Hydrated lime improves the performance of the asphalt mixes used for road surfacing. It increases their resistance against stripping, and also against rutting and age-hardening. Lime is used as a flux for purifying steel and for removal of phosphorous, sulphur and silicon impurities. As a whitewash coating, lime prevents ingots sticking to the molds during pig iron casting. A bath of lime neutralizes traces of pickling acid adhering to steel products. It's used in the production of chemicals such as calcium carbide, propylene oxide, sodium carbonate and glycerine, as well as being a reagent in the production of calcium-based compounds and in processes where pH modification is necessary.So many uses! Our social outreach programme: We built and continue to maintain Lesedi, a creche that takes care of up to 100 children. In this way we give back to the community that supports us and from where we draw our workforce.