Saudi Eastern Province Cement to boost capacity

Saudi Eastern Province Cement to boost capacity
11 July 2005


Saudi cement producer Eastern Province Cement Company (EPC) will raise its annual capacity by 5.0 per cent in November 2005, EPC’s director general Zamil al-Muqrin said in an interview at end-June 2005.  The company plans to put into operation an additional clinker production line with a daily capacity of 3500t which will raise the annual capacity to 3.15Mt. The expansion project has an estimated cost of 400 mln Saudi riyals ($106.7m).  Published under Cement News