Russia: Eurocement Group has announced plans to build a cement plant in the Samara Region in the Volga region. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 19 January 2011.
The plant, which will have a dry-process kiln, will have a capacity of 2.4Mt/year. The facility will be located on a site of 40 hectares and its launch is scheduled for 2015. Eurocement plans to invest Euro395m in the project.
The announcement follows the start of another Eurocement plant in Spasskoe village, Blagodarnniy district, Stavropol Krai. Construction of this 1.3Mt/yr plant began in December 2011. Euro346m has been committed to this build.