# Egypt to inaugurate Middle East's largest cement plant in Beni Suef

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will inaugurate the Beni Suef cement plant, the largest in the Middle East, with six production lines each producing 6,000 tons per day. The plant cost €900 million ($1.12 billion) and was built by the Armed Forces Engineering Authority in 18 months.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-04-11
- Where: Beni Suef governorate, Egypt
- Value: $1.12B (900.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 13 Apr 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 36,000 tons per day; 13 million tons annually
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Armed Forces Engineering Authority](https://endata.com/companies/31268.md)

## Sources

- [egyptindependent.com](https://www.egyptindependent.com/sisi-to-inaugurate-middle-easts-largest-cement-plant-on-friday/), 2018-04-11: "Beni Suef cement factory is the largest cement plant in Egypt."

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