Afghan Cement Ghori II Cement Plant

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Afghan Cement Ghori II Cement Plant ( (Pashto) د افغان سمنټو غوري II سمنټو فابریکه) is an integrated cement plant operating in Pol-e Khomri, Baghlan, Afghanistan.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Pol-e Khomri, Baghlan, Afghanistan:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.968449, 68.685855 (exact)

Background

The Ghori site was originally developed for cement production in 1959 by the Afghan Government. It currently operates two cement plants, Ghori I and Ghori II. As of April 2015, only Ghori I was operational. Ghori I was commissioned in 1959. The Ghori II plant was partially constructed in 1986, but was halted in 1989 with the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. The plant has two wet process kilns each with 500 tonnes per day (tpd) of clinker production capacity. The Ghori II plant remains about 70% complete.

Both the plants were privatised in 2006. In 2009, the Ministry of Mines granted concession to Afghan Investment Company (AIC) to operate and improve the two plants based on a detailed implementation plan. The scope involved renovation of two kilns at the Ghori I plant, completion of Ghori II plant, construction of a new dry process Ghori III plant and a new coal-fired 25 MW power plant. This, however did not progress as no investor came forward for the same.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	2009

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Afghan Cement LLC [100.0%]	E100002005112 [100.0%]	Afghan Cement LLC [100.0%] ((Pashto) افغان سیمنټ [100%])	E100002005112 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
0.15	0.365	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type
unknown	unknown	wet

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Additional data

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