Groupe Industriel des Ciments d'Algérie

Groupe Industriel des Ciments d’Algerie (GICA) is 87% complete with construction of its new Sigus integrated cement plant in Oum El Bouaghi province, Algeria. The plant has a production capacity of 2.2 million tonnes per year, will employ 150 direct jobs, and is scheduled to commence production in March 2019. Total investment is DZD 51 billion (USD 429 million).

Thyssenkrupp has received a major order from Société des Ciments de Sigus (part of GICA) to build a turnkey cement plant in Sigus, Algeria, with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes of clinker per day. The contract value is in the mid three-digit million euro range.