Frthr re Production Expansion

2 Mar 2006 07:47

Steppe Cement Limited02 March 2006 Steppe Cement Limited Major contract for cement line refurbishment awarded to FL Smidth As foreshadowed by its market announcement on 15 December 2006 Steppe CementLimited is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Karcement has closed thetender process and has awarded the contract for reconstruction of the raw mills,pre-heater, kiln and cooler of line 5 to FL Smidth. The contract price is inaccordance with the budget for the refurbishment of the line 5 of which thetotal is US$73 million. The equipment to be provided by FL Smidth will beshipped during the next 14 months and line 5 remains on schedule forre-commissioning by the end of 2007. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange