Yemen General Corporation for Cement Industry and Marketing Asmad Rashid Cement Plant

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Yemen General Corporation for Cement Industry and Marketing Asmad Rashid Cement Plant (مصنع الصمد راشد للاسمنت), also known as Barah Cement Plant, is an integrated cement plant that has been retired in Asmad Rashid, Taiz, Yemen.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Asmad Rashid, Taiz, Yemen:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 13.500161, 43.726933 (exact)

Background

The Barah Cement Plant first opened in 1993. In 2015, it was destroyed by airstrikes, and surviving parts of the plant were cannibalized for the restarting of the Bajil Cement Plant in 2019.

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Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	retired	1993-02-08

Table 2: Ownership Details

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Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
Yemen General Corporation for Cement Industry and Marketing [100.0%]	E100002005876 [100.0%]	Yemen General Corporation for Cement Industry and Marketing [100.0%] (المؤسسة اليمنية العامة لصناعة وتسويق الاسمنت (Arabic) [100.0%])	E100002005876 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities (million metric tonnes per annum)

Cement capacity	Clinker capacity
0.50	unknown

Table 4: Cement Production (million metric tonnes per annum)

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Clinker substitution rate	2024 -2025 Cement production
unknown	unknown	unknown	–

Table 5: Clinker Production

Clinker production method	Number of operating kilns (accuracy)	Number of developing kilns (accuracy)	Kiln technology - preheater	Kiln technology - precalciner	Kiln technology - waste heat recovery
dry	1 (at least)	–	yes	unknown	unknown

Table 6: Green Cement Technology

CCS/CCUS	Alternative fuel	Clay calcination
no	no	no

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