Qalaa eyes almost double capacity for Sudan Cement Plant in 2016

Egyptian-based Qalaa Holdings, an African leader in infrastructure and industry, is to boost the production capacity of the cement production plant in Sudan to 800,000 tonnes in 2016.

Abdalla ElEbiary, Managing Director of Qalaa, announced Thursday the company’s plans to boost Takamol cement plant’s production capacity within the coming year.

By the end of 2014, Takamol’s current capacity recorded 430,000 tonnes, ElEbiary said. Qalaa is to carry out such a scheme through the establishment of a new coal mine for the plant within the current phase.

The plant is 51 percent owned by ASEC Cement, Qalaa Holdings’ cement platform company, and 49 percent controlled by the Sudanese Social Security Investment Authority (SSIA), the entity that manages all pension funds in Sudan.

Takamol is located on the west bank of the River Nile, 320 kilometres (198.8 miles) north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The plant was in operation in mid 2010.