According to Tehran Times, four cement production plants with a daily production capacity of 3,900,000t are being constructed in Ilam, a provincial official in this western Iranian province. Dehloran Cement plant, planned to produce 1Mt of cement per day, will become operational within the next two years. The project is expected to create 400 job opportunities in Dehloran,² noted the head of the Ilam¹s Organization of Industries and Mines as saying. He added that Badreh Cement plant, the construction of which started last year, would be capable of producing 900,000t of cement as well as generating jobs for 360 job seekers in the region. Also, construction works for another cement production plant have begun in the city of Ilam, a major town in the province.