According to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper (March 17, 2004), the Chairman of the Board of the Sinai Cement Company, Mr. Hassan Rateb, announced that the Sinai Cement Company has recently won contracts to exports 600,000t of white and grey cement to a number of Arab and European countries through the current year of 2004. Hassan Rateb added that this cement will be shipped through the Egyptian Al-Arish Port, which is near the companys production facilities in central Sinai, and through other Egyptian ports. The per ton cement export price ranges between US$30 for grey cement and up to US$50 for white cement, Rateb concluded.