Ar Rastan Cement Plant

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Ar Rastan Cement Plant (مصنع رستان للاسمنت) is an integrated cement plant in Ar Rastan, Homs Governorate, Syria.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Ar Rastan, Homs Governorate, Syria[1]:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.931709, 36.750767 (exact)[2]

Background

The Rastan Cement Plant first opened in 1958, with a single wet production line.[3] The plant was shuttered for eight years during the Syrian Civil War before restarting grinding production at a capacity of 300 tonnes per day in 2021.[4] As of 2024, one grinder was operating, but there were no plans to restart the old clinker kiln.[5]

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type Plant status Start date
integrated[6] Unknown unknown

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
General Company for the Manufacture and Marketing of Cement and Building Materials [100.0%] E100002006541 [100.0%] Rastan Cement and Building Materials [100.0%][7] E100002015771 [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)
1.13[7] unknown

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color Primary cement type Production type
unknown unknown dry[6]

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References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84+%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%E2%80%AD/@34.9165695;36.729765;14133m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x15237100629067f1:0xcb95d038f0aff55d!8m2!3d34.931898!4d36.7507421!16s%2Fg%2F11lcmg9l9j?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9319034;36.7504069;371m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "فساد وهدر بالملايين في معمل أسمنت عدرا المؤسسة العامة للأسمنت تستسهل الخصخصة أمام تطوير الإنتاج". kassioun.org. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  4. "بعد توقف لثماني سنوات معمل اسمنت الرستن يعود الى الانتاج بطاقة 300 طن يوميا".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ""إسمنت الرستن" تخسر 300 ألف ليرة في كل طن من إنتاجها - عالم المال والأعمال السوري". www.almalsy.com. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Spatial Finance Initiative". 2021.
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/international-minerals-statistics-and-information. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)