RCI Lime Sdn Bhd

Lime production is a global industry that contributes greatly to social and economic development throughout the world. Limestone has undoubtedly been used since the Stone Age, although primitive man probably found uses for it before that time.

RCI Lime today is principally involved in the extraction, processing and distribution of limestone based products such as quicklime, quicklime powder, hydrated lime and dolomite lime.RCI Lime is currently the leading supplier of quality lime products in Malaysia and is certified under ISO 9001:2000.

RCI Lime’s products are widely used in different industries whereby our customers are unique in their own way. This is why we manufacture a range of limestone based products and offer services suited only to their specific needs. RCI Lime markets its products to the steel, pulp & paper, mining, water treatment plants, sugar processing, agriculture, incineration, calcium silicate bricks and construction industries, both locally and internationally. In order to ensure limestone supply with consistency in quality, RCI only extracts high-quality limestone from its self owned quarries. Quality is an essential component of our policy. The Company is committed to excellence in satisfying customer’s needs and strives for quality in everything we do. 

In 1993, RCI erected its first state-of-the-art Chisaki Lime Kiln from Japan. This Chisaki kiln was commissioned in 1993 with a daily production capacity of 70MT of quicklime. Due to overwhelming demand, a similar second and third kiln was commissioned in 1994 and 1996 respectively.

In 2001, construction started on a new state-of-the-art kiln and a hydration plant in Gopeng, in the State of Perak, Malaysia. The new Italian Cimprogetti lime kiln was commissioned in January 2003 to produce 250 mt/day of quicklime and 8 mt/hour of hydrated lime. The second Cimprogetti lime kiln with the capacity of 300 mt/day was completed in 2006. With the new added capacity, RCI Lime have in total 5 lime kilns with a combined production capacity of 760 mt/day of quicklime and 290 mt/day of hydrated lime. As the leading lime manufacturer in the region, RCI Lime aims to maintain its position by providing solutions and offering our best products and services of the highest quality at all times to customers.