# El-Areesh Cement's $1.1 billion plant in Beni Suef to start up

A $1.1 billion cement plant with six production lines in Beni Suef, Egypt, will start up within days. Each line will produce 6,000 tonnes per day, for a total of 13 million tonnes per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-01-31
- Where: Beni Suef, Egypt
- Value: $1.10B
- Starts operating: 31 Jan 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 13 million tonnes per year
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [El-Areesh Cement Co.](https://endata.com/companies/29761.md)

## Sources

- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/egypts-11-billion-cement-plant-in-beni-suef-to-start-up-in-days-idUSKBN1FK30J/), 2018-01-31: "A $1.1 billion cement plant with six production lines in the Egyptian city of Beni Suef will start up within days."

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