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Vol. 5 Num 554 Sat. December 17, 2005  
   
Business


Lafarge Surma Cement to start production in early 2006
Lafarge Surma Cement is expected to start production early next year.

The construction of the fully integrated cross-border cement project of the company is nearing completion, says a press release.

Limestone quarry in India has been fully developed and is ready for export to the cement plant in Bangladesh.

Having successfully completed no-load tests, load test and trial runs of crushing plant, the 17-km long belt conveyor started functioning recently.

In this process, limestone was crushed at the crushing plant and crushed limestone was loaded on to the long belt conveyor and exported to the cement plant in Bangladesh.

In Bangladesh part of the project, the commissioning of the power plant is in progress and that of the cement plant is expected to start soon.