Mongolia: Prime Minister J Erdenebat has attended the inauguration ceremony of Mongolyn Alt Corporation’s (MAK) 1.1Mt/yr cement plant at Dalanjargalan. The new plant is forecast to create around 900 jobs and replace cement imports worth up to US$75m/yr, according to the Mongolian News Agency. The unit will produce a range of different strength Ordinary Portland Cements, sulphate resistant cement and water-resistant cement. Danish engineering contractor FLSmidth won a Euro86m contract to build the 3000t/day plant in 2012. In conjunction with the project a 1.9km railway was built from the Olon-Ovoot railway terminal and a 65km power transmission line was set up from Choir with a substation.
