Mexican cement plant gets enlarged

PUEBLA, Mexico, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Cemex SAB de CV has begun building a new kiln at its Tepeaca Cement Plant in Puebla, Mexico.

Construction is expected to be completed in 2009. The total value of the investment, which will extend over a 3-year timeframe, is approximately $460 million, Cemex said in a statement Thursday.

Current production at the Tepeaca Plant, which is based in central Mexico, is approximately 3.2 million tons of cement per year. Following the completion of the project, production will increase by approximately 4.4 million tons of cement to 7.6 million tons of cement per year.