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Russia: HeidelbergCement has officially opened its new plant TulaCement in the presence of numerous prestigious guests. The plant, which is located approximately 150km south of Moscow in the city of Novogurovsky, Tula region, has a cement production capacity of 2Mt/yr. Construction of the plant began in April 2009. The investment costs for the new plant, which employs around 400 people amounted to approximately Euro300m.

"We are very pleased that we are today able to inaugurate our state-of-the-art cement plant, TulaCement, which is one of the largest in Russia," explained Dr Bernd Scheifele, Chairman of the Managing Board. "In the future, the new plant will primarily supply the rapidly growing market in Greater Moscow with high-quality cement. We have thus reached another milestone in the expansion of our cement capacities in attractive growth regions and have increased our capacity in Russia to around 5Mt/yr."

The cement will be produced in a dry process in the highly-automated plant, which is equipped with environmentally-friendly technology. The entire production site including the quarry spans over 100 hectares. To ensure optimum logistics for delivery and cement shipments, HeidelbergCement has constructed several kilometres of road and railway lines. Four modern apartment buildings have been erected so that the employees can live on site.

"Russia is an attractive market for HeidelbergCement," added Dr Scheifele. "The demand for cement is rapidly increasing. It is anticipated that cement consumption will rise from 50Mt/yr in 2010 to around 70-90Mt/yr in the next 10 years."

HeidelbergCement has been active in Russia since 2001. Amongst other activities, the Group operates a cement plant near St. Petersburg and is the majority shareholder of a building materials company in Bashkortostan, one of the richest republics in Russia. The cement is imported to important growth regions via import terminals in Murmansk, Archangelsk and Kaliningrad.