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Tanzania: Mbeya Cement has appointed Mohamed Ismail Elsaidy as its CEO. He holds 25 years of experience in the industrial sector with much experience in cement. He started his career working for Blue Circle in Saudi Arabia in the late 1990s. He later held engineering roles for the Egyptian Cement Company, Lafarge Emirates Cement and eventually became the Operation and Process General Manager for Wadi El Nile Cement. As well as holding academic positions, he also worked for the Egyptian General Authority for Standardization and Quality in the early 2020s. Elsaidy holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Cairo University.

Egypt: FLSmidth has signed a contract with Wadi El Nile Cement Company (WNCC) for operation and maintenance of its cement plant. The contract is a five-year continuation of the existing contract signed in 2010. In addition, WNCC also ordered an upgrade of the plant from 6000t/day to 7200t/day of clinker. The upgrade will be executed as part of the operation and maintenance contract. The value of the deal has not been disclosed.

"The continuation of the contract is visible proof of the successful partnership we have with WNCC. We have now operated their 6000t/day for almost five years. The performance delivered was the main driver for WNCC to expand and continue its partnership with FLSmidth. The extension of the operation and maintenance contract reflects our ability to increase our customers' productivity and preserve asset value," said FLSmdith Group Executive Vice President, Cement Division, Per Mejnert Kristensen.

The initial contract will expire at the end of 2016 and the new contract term is from January 2017 to December 2021. The upgrade to 7200t/day is planned to be operational from the summer of 2017.