# United Cement Investor to build 1.5Mt/yr cement plant in Tunisia

United Cement Investor will start building a new 1.5Mt/yr cement plant at Bir Thlathin, Tataouine, Tunisia, with a cost of around $320 million. The project is expected to create 419 direct jobs and start construction in March 2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-01-09
- Where: Bir Thlathin, southern Tataouine, Tunisia
- Value: $320.0M
- Jobs: 419
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1.5 Mt/yr
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [United Cement Investor](https://endata.com/companies/36582.md)
- [thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions](https://endata.com/companies/2305.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [globalcement.com](https://www.globalcement.com/news/9304-tunisia-to-start-building-new-cement-plant-in-march-2019), 2019-01-09: "United Cement Investor will start building a new 1.5Mt/yr cement plant at Bir Thlathin in southern Tataouine in March 2019."

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