Adjtoutah Said Studies Had Been Finalised

The production of twelve state-owned cement works under Algeria s industrial cement group GICA is expected to reach 29 million tonnes by 2020, said the CEO of Centre of Research and Technical Services of Building Material Industry (CETIM). "GICA group s investment programme in the next eight years worth more than US$4 billion is aimed at increasing production capacities of some cement works and building new ones, " Abdennour Adjtoutah said on the sidelines of the 15th international building fair (BATIMATEC). With an additional capacity of 17.5 million tonnes, cement production in the public sector will hit 29 million tonnes by 2020, he told Algeria Press Service. Adjtoutah said studies had been finalised and tender notices published to increase production of cement works. He said new cement works would be built in the southern provinces of Bechar, Adrar and Tamanrasset. Discussions are also underway for a cement plant project in Djelfa as part of a partnership between the GICA group and Egypt s ASEC Cement, he added. Source: uaecement