Bangkok--20 Mar--SCG
Mr.Pichit Maipoom (4th Right), President and Vice President – Operations, SCG Cement - Building Materials, Mr.Nithi Pattarachoke (2nd Left), Vice President – Domestic Market, SCG Cement - Building Materials, Mr.Chanson Senbouttalat(3rd Left), Deputy Minister, Minister ofNatural Resources and Environment, Dr.Sinnava Souphanouvong (4th Left), Deputy Minister ofEnergy and Mines, Mr.Odai Sudaporn (Middle), Vice Governor of Khammouane province, and Mr.Adisak Thepeat (3rd Right), Governor of Nakhon Phanom province, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for theconstruction of Khammouane cement plant, the first cement plant in Lao PDR. The plant is located at Powa Village, Mahachai District in Khammouane province. The plant is expected to start production in the first quarter of 2017, with an operating capacity of 1.8 million tons per year.
SCG, the regional leader in sustainable business, established Khammouane Cement Company Limited as part of its Cement – Building Materials business unit, to capitalize on the growing demands for cement in Lao PDR. The Khammouane cement plant will be equipped with state-of-the-art technology that is also environmentally friendly, from the semi-open cut mining process that minimizes impact on the aesthetics of the surrounding environment and the eco-system to a reforestation plan to plant trees in areas where mining has completed. The initiative will set standards for sustainability in business and raise the bar for other plants in Lao PDR.