Cement production on the rise

The total production of the Cement Manufacturing and Marketing Co in the Yemen during 2004 reached 572,577t, far and above the 302,577t that it produced last year. A company report said that the production of the Bajil cement factory in the same period reached 357,629t. The Amran and Burj cement factories also reported increased production.

The Arab-Yemeni Cement Company signed a contract in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week to make initial designs for a cement factory project in the Mukalla area of the Governorate of Hadhramaut. The US $200m project will have a production capacity of around a 1Mta. The contract was signed by the president of the company and a representative of the Indian Holtec Company for engineering designs.