# National Cement to boost Dire Dawa plant capacity by 30%

National Cement (East African Holdings) plans to increase capacity at its Dire Dawa, Ethiopia plant from 3,000 tpd to 4,000 tpd within six months.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-09-09
- Where: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia
- Starts operating: Mar 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 4,000 tpd (from 3,000 tpd)
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [National Cement](https://endata.com/companies/31162.md)
- [East African Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/49805.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [cemnet.com](https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/169491/national-cement-to-boost-production-and-build-new-plant.html), 2020-09-09: "We are planning to start implementing this plan and start producing 4000t of cement per day within the coming six months."

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