# Whale Rock Cement cement plant to be commissioned in October 2018

Whale Rock Cement, a Chinese-invested joint venture, expects full commissioning of its cement plant in Namibia at the end of October 2018. The plant cost $350 million and will produce 1.2 million tonnes of cement per year.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-27
- Where: Namibia, Namibia
- Value: $350.0M
- Jobs: 600
- Starts operating: 31 Oct 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.2 million tonnes of cement per annum
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Whale Rock Cement](https://endata.com/companies/15760.md)
- [China's Asia-Africa Business Management](https://endata.com/companies/33360.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [xinhuanet.com](http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/27/c_137352642.htm), 2018-07-27: "Whale Rock Cement has already started with cement production in April and has entered the market in May 2018."

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