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Oct 19 2011

Saudi Yamama Cement To Replace Old Clinker Production Lines

Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011

DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)-- Yamama Saudi Cement Co. said Wednesday its board has decided to go ahead with a plan to replace its old five clinker lines with a new one that will raise its clinker output capacity by 78.6% to 10,000 tons per day.

The outcome of the project's feasibility study was positive and the firm will go ahead and tender the project, it said in a statement posted on the Saudi bourse website.

Earlier this month, Yamama said its third-quarter net profit rose 6% to 149 million Saudi riyals ($40 million) from SAR140 million in the same period a year ago on the back of higher sales.

Cement companies in Saudi Arabia are seen benefiting after the kingdom announced a massive infrastructure building spend until 2013. In addition, a partial lifting in 2009 of a year-long ban on cement exports after a domestic market glut brought down prices, now allow them to export part of their surplus production provided they meet domestic demand and maintain a portion of production as inventory.

-By Summer Said, Dow Jones Newswires; +966-546-842373; summer.said@dowjones.com

Copyright (c) 2011 Dow Jones & Co.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

19-10-11 0831GMT

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