A $250 million cement production plant, jointly invested by Chinese and Cambodian investors, was put into operation in Western Cambodia.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said the plant, built on the parcel of 407 hectares in the Aural district, is capable of producing 2.2 million metric tons of cement a year.
"It's the sixth cement plant in Cambodia, bringing the total cement production capacity in the kingdom to about 11 million tons per year," he said.
"These cement plants have transformed Cambodia from a country that imported 100 percent of cement from overseas into a country that is capable of supplying its domestic demand entirely on its own," he added.
Moreover, the kingdom exported more than 30,000 tons of cement to Thailand in 2024.
