New cement factory sets itself apart from the rest

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Cheng Sokhorng

A Chinese-Khmer company has announced plans to build a $230 million cement factory, which when it comes online in 2017 will become only the country’s fourth cement plant, and the first in its underserved northwest.

Battambang Conch Cement Co Ltd – a joint venture between Chinese firm Conch International Holdings (HK) Ltd and local cement company Battambang KT Cement Co Ltd – will break ground next month on 100 hectares of land in Battambang province’s Rattanak Mondul district, a company executive said yesterday.

Vinh Hour, director of Battambang Conch Cement, said the new cement plant is expected to begin operation in December 2017 and will have a capacity of 1.8 million tonnes per year.

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