# Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia reaches 70% completion

The Lemi National Cement Factory, a $600 million joint venture between West International Holding and East African Holding Company, is 70% complete and expected to be inaugurated in early 2024, adding 8 million metric tons of annual capacity.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2023-11-27
- Where: Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park, 150 km north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Value: $600.0M
- Starts operating: Mar 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 8 million metric tons per year
- Products: cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [West International Holding Limited](https://endata.com/companies/52500.md)
- [Sinoma International Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/21384.md) (partner)
- [East African Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/49805.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [english.news.cn](https://english.news.cn/20231128/ee74eb46c89945b5b8b7f563ff227180/c.html), 2023-11-28: "Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early next year."

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