{"id":24480,"date":"2023-11-29T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:58:40","slug":"lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","title":{"rendered":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia’s Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early next year, set to boost the East African country’s annual cement production capacity by 8 million metric tons.<\/p>\n

The Lemi National Cement Factory is being built at a cost of 600 million USD at Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park, some 150 km north of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

The factory is owned by a joint venture of West International Holding, the African arm of West China Cement and East African Holding Company, according to Xinhua News Agency.<\/p>\n

East African Holding Company Chairman Buzuayehu Tadele announced the completion of installing huge preheater frames and rotary kilns, structures in which big rocks are decomposed under high temperatures to produce cement, describing it as a major milestone.<\/p>\n

He said the completion marks 70 percent completion of Ethiopia’s biggest cement manufacturing plant.<\/p>\n

Lin Zhong,President of Sinoma International Engineering Company, which is the constructor of the cement factory, said Lemi National Cement Factory is set to be completed in March 2024 after its civil works are fully completed.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ethiopia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ethiopia. Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early next year, set to boost the East African country’s annual cement production capacity by 8 million metric tons. The Lemi National Cement Factory is being built at a cost of 600 million USD […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8,301],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-24480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"\nLemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1415\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"791\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia’s Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\"},\"wordCount\":210,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\",\"name\":\"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons - Ethiopia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg\",\"width\":1415,\"height\":791,\"caption\":\"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia’s Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/\",\"name\":\"Ethiopia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons - Ethiopia","description":"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons","og_description":"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","og_site_name":"Ethiopia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1415,"height":791,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia’s Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons","datePublished":"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons"},"wordCount":210,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Ethiopia","ethiopia"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","head lines","homepage-english","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons","name":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons - Ethiopia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg","datePublished":"2023-11-29T10:37:22+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-29T12:58:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early ne ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1701243886.576521.jpg","width":1415,"height":791,"caption":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia's Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/lemi-natl-cement-factory-set-to-boost-ethiopias-annual-production-capacity-by-8-mil-metric-tons#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lemi Nat\u2019l Cement Factory Set to Boost Ethiopia’s Annual Production Capacity by 8 Mil Metric Tons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/","name":"Ethiopia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}