Last year, King Abdullah issued a special directive to establish cement factories in Jouf, Hail and Baha provinces. The agreement to set up Dana Al-Baha for Cement was signed last week in Baha between the Baha Governor Prince Muhammed Ibn Saud and Hussein Ibn Abdul Wahab Ibn Dajaam, chairman of the Dana Holding Company, a Saudi joint stock company.
"Our company was chosen for this project by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources because of its financial and technical capabilities," Dajaam said in a statement yesterday. He added that the new plant would manufacture 10,000t of Portland cement in accordance with international standards.
