Afghan Cement Ghori I Cement Plant

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Afghan Cement Ghori I Cement Plant ( (Pashto) د افغان سمنټو غوري I 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): 35.966175, 68.686187 (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. It was built by the Czech construction company Prerovske Strojirny. The plant has 400 tonnes per day (tpd) or 0.12 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of clinker production capacity from two wet process 200 tpd capacity kilns.

The Ghori II plant was partially constructed in 1986, and 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.

In March 2023, Ghori Cement said that its Baghlan cement plants currently produce 600t/day of cement, corresponding to annual production of 0.22Mt/yr. The producer states that production is restricted by shortages of electricity and vehicles. With regular supply of these, it would increase its production by 33% to 800t/day (0.29Mt/yr). Ghori cement production increased with the start of the second phase now the factory produces 350 tons to 520 tons per day, said local officials, on Saturday August 13, 2022.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	1959

Table 2: Ownership Details

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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	0.146	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type
grey	opc	wet

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Additional data

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