# Egyptian Cement to build $332M building materials complex in Sohag, Egypt

Egyptian Cement plans to build a building materials complex in Sohag, Upper Egypt, with investments of EGP 6 billion ($332.4 million). The first phase is a cement plant with a 6,000 tpd clinker line, to be built by Sinoma CDI, with completion expected by end of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-03-26
- Where: Sohag, Egypt
- Value: $332.4M
- Starts operating: 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 6,000 tonnes per day clinker
- Products: cement, clinker
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Egyptian Cement](https://endata.com/companies/23080.md)
- [Sinoma CDI](https://endata.com/companies/17180.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [en.amwalalghad.com](https://en.amwalalghad.com/egyptian-cement-to-build-biggest-building-materials-complex-in-upper-egypt/), 2017-03-26: "Egyptian Cement said it hopes construction and installation works for the new plant to complete at the end of 2018"
- [en.amwalalghad.com](https://en.amwalalghad.com/abu-hashima-lays-foundation-stone-for-new-cement-plant-in-upper-egypt/), 2017-04-29: "Egypt's tycoon Ahmed Abou Hashima has laid the foundation stone of a new cement plant in Sohag, some 471 km (292.6 miles) south of Cairo."

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