Arabian Cement Company

About Arabian Cement Company

ORIGINAL PLANT Arabian Cement Co. Ltd. is the first cement producer in the Kingdom and Arabian Gulf. The foundation stone was laid by King Saudi Bin Abdul Aziz in 1376 H. (1956 G.).The original plant, which was, located North of Jeddah city started production in 1379 H. (1959 G.) with 300 Tons clinker and 100 tons lime capacity. Capacity of the plant was expanded in 1968 G. to 1000 tons of clinker per day and subsequently to 2000 tons per day in 1394 H. (1974 G.) Due to the expansion of Jeddah city towards the North and the construction of King Abdul Aziz international airport and to maintain safe and healthy environment for Jeddah city and its people, it was decided to construct a totally new plant far from Jeddah city. NEW PLANT Rabigh area was selected to be the site of the new plant due to the availability of limestone and proximity and easy accessibility to major markets such as Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah. The new plant was inaugurated by in 1984 custodian of the two holy mosques King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud with a capacity of 4000 tons per day clinker consisting of four long kilns. The capacity was further increased to 4400 tons per day. Due to high demand and continuous growth the company embarked on an expansion program in 1993. A totally new 4000 tons capacity short kiln was erected along with vertical raw mill, preheater and grinding mill was inaugurate in late 1996 early 1997 by his Royal Highness Prince Abdullah Bin Abul Aziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince, First Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Guard. This brought the total clinker capacity to 2.5 Million tons per annum and grinding capacity to over 3 Million tons.