Libyan Cement Company

The Libyan Cement Company (LCC) has three cement-producing factories producing 2.8 million t/yr and a fourth plant producing cement packaging. The entire production is consumed by the local market, including 2,500 tons of cement a day used in the manufacture of pipeline for the Great Manmade River Project (GMMR). The Libyan Cement Company started production in 1972 with one factory. The production capacity for ordinary Portland cement was 200,000 t/yr. In 1974, a new production line was added with a capacity of 400,000 t/yr. A third production line was built in 1977 with a 400,000 ton capacity, which brought production to 1 million t/yr of ordinary Portland cement. However, the first factory stopped production due to maintenance...