Shafaq News- Al-Anbar
Authorities in Iraq's western al-Anbar province beganconstructing Iraq's first 100% privately owned cement plant, a project expectedto produce one million tons of cement annually and create at least 5,000 jobs,Moaid al-Dulaimi, spokesperson for al-Anbar local government, told Shafaq Newson Monday.
Construction is currently 27-30% complete, he said, addingthat the facility, the Ramadi Cement Plant, will use German machinery andchemicals, and is being supervised by Swiss technical specialists to ensureinternational engineering standards.
The developer, Sada Al-Nujoom for Contracting and OilServices, has also built a dedicated 26-megawatt power station to supply theproject without drawing electricity from al-Anbar's allocation on the nationalgrid.