Six thousand tons of cement will be coming into the Ethiopian market daily when the two biggest cement factories, Mugher and Mesobo, increase their clinker production, according to Capital.
Currently the state owned and the biggest factory in the country, Mugher Cement Enterprise is in the final phases of an expansion project which will be built around Tatek Military Camp, 12km west of Addis Ababa.
The new expansion erected by Sinoma, a Chinese firm, was commenced in January 2008. However the project was expected to start its commissioning at the end of 2010 but has not started operation until now. The expansion project has a capacity to crush 3000 tons of clinker per day and is to increase its existing production capacity of 900,000 tons of cement to 2.4 million tons annually, a 150 per cent increase.
The second largest factory in Mekele, 783km north of Addis Ababa, Messobo is also the other cement factory that is expected to fully undertake its additional 3000 tons of clinker production in the coming few weeks. According to sources at the factory, currently the new facilities have been commissioned and will begin operating this month.
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