FCB.Ciment, well-known by the cement manufacturers in Vietnam as the supplier of the 4,000 tpd Hoang Mai cement plant in Nghe Anh province, successfully commissioned in 2002 (the Hoang Mai plant has obtained an award in 2004 for its cement quality), has been awarded in February 2005 by the Vietnamese state company Vietnam Industrial Construction Corporation “Vinaincon”, the supply of their new 4000tpd Thai Nguyen cement production plant in the Thai Nguyen province.
The Thai Nguyen new plant which is due to operate in 2007, will produce 4,000t of clinker per day (1.5Mt of cement per year) and will be built 15 km from Thai Nguyen City, about 105 km north of Hanoi, the Vietnam capital. The contract includes the supply of the complete engineering services, including the civil design, the CIF delivery of the imported mechanical and electrical equipment, and the necessary supervision during construction, erection and commissioning of the new plant. A particular specificity of the Thai Nguyen project is the maximal portion of equipment, more than 10,000 tons, manufactured and procured in Vietnam by Vinaincon in accordance with the drawings and specifications, and under the supervision, of FCB Ciment.
