The company has signed an agremeent with Chinese engineering company Sinoma for the construction of a fifth production line at the Yanbu cement plant, western Saudi Arabia, with a total cost of SAR1.7bn (US$453m). The new production line will have a daily capacity of 10,000t and is expected to start operation in 30 months.
According to YCC managing director Abdul Rouf, the company also plans to invest some SAR300m (US$80m) to build a power plant to feed its Yanbu cement factory with electricity.
