Sri Lanka's largest cement factory opens

The state-of-the-art cement manufacturing facility of Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Ltd declared open today (March 7), by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

 

A BOI venture, the Lanwa Sanstha facility spread across 63 acres is located in Hambantota’s Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone. The total capacity of the plant would be 4mn MT per annum.

 

The facility features a fully automated stacker reclaimer yard and 2 bridge types of ship unloaders for efficient, waste-free & sustainable handling of cargo.

 

The investors are hopeful that this endeavour would be a boost for the economy as well as the construction sector which is currently suffering due to raw material shortages due to the ban placed on imports to remedy the forex crisis.

 

Lanwa Sanstha Cement (Pvt) Ltd.’s facility will produce the full range of cement products including Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC), Portland Composite Cement (PPC) and Blended Hydraulic Cement (BHC) catering to the rising local demand from landmark projects including the Port City and the network of expressways.

 

Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation (Pvt) Limited is a sister company of Sri Lanka’s foremost manufacturer of steel, Ceylon Steel Corporation Limited.