# Cement factory planned in Herat, Afghanistan for $70M

Private investors from Afghanistan and the Czech Republic plan to build a $70 million cement production factory in Herat province, with a capacity of 1,600 tons per day, creating over 30,000 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-04-18
- Where: Herat province, Afghanistan
- Value: $70.0M
- Jobs: 30,000
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,600 tons per day, 500,000 tons per year
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

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## Sources

- [themigrantproject.org](https://www.themigrantproject.org/cement-factory/), 2017-04-18: "The factory will cost around $70 million to develop and will create more than 30,000 direct and indirect job opportunities in the country."

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