Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has announced that its 75% owned subsidiary Syrian Cement Company (SCC) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with a F.L.Smidth (FLS) / OCI consortium for a total value of approximately US$ 211 million + EUR 110.6 million, for the 3 million tonnes per year greenfield which will be located in the north of Syria near the border with Turkey.

Kiln firing is expected to take place within 25 months. The SCC plant will be the ninth project to be executed by an FLS / OCI EPC consortium in the last seven years. FLS and OCI have jointly executed projects in Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates.

OCI has also submitted a formal request to the relevant governmental authorities for approval of a white cement greenfield production line at the same location with an annual production capacity of 550,000 tonnes per year. Syria currently relies on imports for its domestic consumption of white cement.

The greenfield plant will help alleviate the growing cement deficit in the domestic market which currently imports in excess of 30% of the total cement consumed. The plant site is situated approximately 30 km south of the Turkish border and 500 km north of Damascus.

 Construction Press Services