Najran Cement has extended the maintenance period of line No 2 so it can connect the production line to its waste heat recovery (WHR) plant currently under construction, the company said in a bourse statement yesterday.

The maintenance was scheduled to be completed by 6 September but the company decided to extend it to 10 September 2013 to link production line 2 to the WHR power plant currently being carried out by China's Sinoma Energy Conservation.

The US$45m WHR project, to be completed in March 2014, has a projected power generating capacity of 27.1MW.