Cement Hisrory in Jordan
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Cement Industry - Overview
Jordan's first cement company was Jordan Cement Factories, which was founded in
Amman in 1951.14 It commissioned plants in Fuhais and Rashadiya and soon set up a
terminal at the Red Sea port of Aqaba.
The recent history of the cement industry in Jordan starts in 1998, with the sale of 33% of
the shares of Jordan Cement Factories (JCF) to Lafarge. The transaction was part of a far
larger privatization scheme started by the Jordanian government in 1996, which has seen
large scale privatizations of major state-owned companies. Since 1998 Lafarge has
gradually increased its stake to a majority holding and the renamed Jordan Cement
Company now operates as a subsidiary of Lafarge.15
Consumption growth in 2000s
Between 1998 to 2000, Jordan consumed approximately 2.25Mt/yr of cement.16 In 2001
this value was up to 2.4Mt/yr, with approximately 69% used for private housing
construction, 20% for commercial building construction and 11% for industrial uses.16 In
that year Jordanian cement was exported to an increasing number of countries including
Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. The bulk of this
cement was produced by Jordan Cement Company, which was still the country's sole
producer of grey cement at that time.
In 2002 cement consumption was up to around 2.5Mt/yr and 2003 saw consumption of
2.7Mt/yr.14 In 2004 consumption shot up by 28% to nearly 3.5Mt/yr on the back of
home-construction initiatives, major redevelopment in central Amman and the
development of a new city as part of the Zarqa New Garden City project. By 2008
Jordan's cement production was 3.66Mt/yr, which was supported mainly by utilisation of
Jordan Cement Company's previously unused 4.5Mt/yr cement production capacity.17
http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/637-jordanian-cement-focus
Jordan's first cement company was Jordan Cement Factories, which was founded in
Amman in 1951.14 It commissioned plants in Fuhais and Rashadiya and soon set up a
terminal at the Red Sea port of Aqaba.
The recent history of the cement industry in Jordan starts in 1998, with the sale of 33% of
the shares of Jordan Cement Factories (JCF) to Lafarge. The transaction was part of a far
larger privatization scheme started by the Jordanian government in 1996, which has seen
large scale privatizations of major state-owned companies. Since 1998 Lafarge has
gradually increased its stake to a majority holding and the renamed Jordan Cement
Company now operates as a subsidiary of Lafarge.15
Consumption growth in 2000s
Between 1998 to 2000, Jordan consumed approximately 2.25Mt/yr of cement.16 In 2001
this value was up to 2.4Mt/yr, with approximately 69% used for private housing
construction, 20% for commercial building construction and 11% for industrial uses.16 In
that year Jordanian cement was exported to an increasing number of countries including
Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen. The bulk of this
cement was produced by Jordan Cement Company, which was still the country's sole
producer of grey cement at that time.
In 2002 cement consumption was up to around 2.5Mt/yr and 2003 saw consumption of
2.7Mt/yr.14 In 2004 consumption shot up by 28% to nearly 3.5Mt/yr on the back of
home-construction initiatives, major redevelopment in central Amman and the
development of a new city as part of the Zarqa New Garden City project. By 2008
Jordan's cement production was 3.66Mt/yr, which was supported mainly by utilisation of
Jordan Cement Company's previously unused 4.5Mt/yr cement production capacity.17
http://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/637-jordanian-cement-focus
