Hadramout Cement shuts down its plant due to deteriorating security situation in Yemen

The Arabian Yemen Cement Company (Hadramout Cement), which is 31.6% owned by Eastern province Cement Company, decided to shut down its plant and give the workers unpaid vacation because of the deteriorated security situation in Yemen.
 

The decision was made after the plant was besieged by armed groups cutting raw materials and fuel supplies of the company.

The process of shutting down the plant will be done gradually till the end of the current year.
 

According to Argaam; The Arabian Yemen Cement Company is owned by Mohamed Al Amoudy, Abdullah Bahamadan, Eastern province Cement, Eng. Abdullah Baqshan and others.

The plant occupies an area of 22m Sq meters in Hadramout governorate with an actual production capacity of 1.2m tons of clinker and 1.26m tons of cement annually.

Te company started trial operations in 2009.