Leader inaugurates cement factory in Libya

The Leader of the Revolution inaugurated Sunday evening the first stage of Al-Burge Cement Factory in the city of Zalitin, al-Margeb Shabia, to be added to the series of cement factories and other giant achievements in all fields of industrial production.

The Leader was briefed on the first and second stages of this industrial project which is constructed on an area of 60ha in two stages, the first with a production capacity of 400,000tpa and with an average of 80,000 sacks per day, while the second stage will reach a capacity of 1.8Mt with an increase rate of 25 per cent .The total production of the two stages when completed will reach 3.2Mt by the beginning of the year 2007.

To start production, the Leader of the Revolution pressed the start button and he followed the production process to its final stage, following that the Leader put the foundation stone of the second stage of this factory.