Fives FCB signed a contract with Entreprise des Ciments et Dérivés d’El Chellif (ECDE), part of Ciments d’Algérie (GICA) related to the extension of a third production line at the Chelf cement plant, Algeria.

The turnkey contract involves the execution of a new 6000tpd line which is scheduled to begin operations at the end of 2016.

The project forms part of GICA’s plans to expand its cement capacity in Algeria. It will enable ECDE to nearly double its existing production capacities, Fives FCB highlighted in a statement released yesterday.