Qatar National Cement has signed a letter of intent with France s Fives FCB for the construction of a QR950mn ($260.8mn) cement plant.

As contractor, Fives FCB will work with the consultant TPF Basse Sambre to finalise the contract documents within one month.

The plant s production capacity will be 5000TPD (tons per day) of clinker, adding to the existing four lines, three of which were built by Fives FCB. The project is scheduled to be completed over 27 months.

By the completion of cement plant line five, the overall production capacity will jump to 17,000TPD of clinker and the grinding capacity will jump to 20,000TPD per day of cement.