Jabal Saraj Cement Plant
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Background
The Czech plant was designed as a single-kiln, wet-process plant with a clinker production capacity of 100t/day or 33,000t/yr. However, less than 500,000t of limestone is available at its mine and that which is available is low-quality, with high Fe2O3 content. The plant was shut down by the Taliban in 1996 and has remained dormant since then. Estimates of its total lifetime production is a mere 100,000t.[1]
After being shut down for 20 years, the restoration of the plant was initiated in 2016.[2] In 2020, the renovation process was completed at a cost of 70 million Afghanis.[3] The parts of the plant were overhauled and production was increased. The factory was expected to produce 70 tons of cement per day after the renovation.[3]
In 2023, the company asked the government to expand the Jabal al-Sarraj plant’s capacity to 3500t/day, to better realise the potential of local raw materials and labour.[4] In April 2023, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum announced that it will 'soon' award contracts to carry out planned expansions of the Jabal Siraj and Samangan cement plants. Together, the projects will increase both plants' cement capacity to 1.21Mt/yr. The development of Jabal Siraj plant was expected to cost US $170 million and the Samangan plant US $136 million.[5] In 2024, the factory was being developed with an investment of US $220 million by Al-Falah Al-Alami Company and was planned to produce 1.5 million tons of cement annually from this factory.[6][5]
As of January 2025, 90% of the first phase of exploration work has been completed, along with the drilling of 18 deep wells for mineral sampling in the designated areas of the factory.[7] The remaining construction and technical work is expected to be completed within two years. The plant will initially produce 3000t/day (0.96Mt/yr) of cement, rising to 9000t/day (2.9Mt/yr) in later phases. The project will reportedly create 5000 jobs.[8]
- ↑ "https://www.griffincap.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ghori-Cement-Tender.pdf" (PDF). Global Cement Magazine. 2015-04. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); External link in|title= - ↑ Masood, Ahmad. "Trying to rebuild Afghanistan's shattered industry". The Wider Image. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Subh, Hasht-E. (2020-12-27). "Afghanistan's Oldest Cement Factory Relaunched". Hasht-e Subh. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ "Jabal Saraj Cement increases production at Jabal al-Sarraj cement plant". Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Database". afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ "$220M Cement Factory Construction Begins in Jabal Saraj – Bakhtar News Agency". www.bakhtarnews.af. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ "90% of Exploration Completed for Jabal al-Saraj Cement Factory". Tolo News. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
- ↑ staff, Global Cement (2025-01-29). "90% of exploration work completed at Jabal al-Saraj cement plant". www.globalcement.com. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
