Original news was published on 14 August, 2014

PPC Barnet DRC has awarded a US$300 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to China’s Sinoma International Engineering Company for the construction of a new cement plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The cement plant is located near Zamba in the Cataracts district, about 230 kilometers from Kinshasa. The plant will consist of a five-stage preheater kiln with an inline calciner and will produce 1 million tons of cement a year. The cement will be used locally in the DRC, as well as being exported to neighboring African neighbors, PPC Barnet said in a statement.

Sinoma will begin construction shortly and will take about 26 months to complete the project. The plant will begin production at the end of 2016.

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