Diamou Cement Plant

Цементный завод в Диаму

MaliДиаму1969Industrial sites

A cement plant with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes of cement per year, built at Diamou on a deposit explored by Soviet geologists under a 1961 contract. According to an article in Vestnik RUDN, the plant was built on a turnkey basis by Soviet organisations, while the Malian side provided the land and built a road and a bridge across the Senegal River from the quarry to the plant; in 1969, 39 Malian specialists were trained at the cement plant in Novorossiysk. The plant was later shut down.

Цементный завод мощностью 50 тысяч тонн цемента в год, построенный в Диаму на базе месторождения, разведанного советскими геологами по контракту 1961 года. По данным статьи в «Вестнике РУДН», завод строился «под ключ» советскими организациями, а малийская сторона предоставила участок и построила дорогу и мост через реку Сенегал от карьера к заводу; в 1969 году 39 малийских специалистов прошли обучение на цементном заводе в Новороссийске. Впоследствии завод был остановлен.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionIndustry and infrastructure

Present ownerRepublic of Mali (plant idle)

Acquisitionbuilt

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2010-01

According to L'Essor (19 January 2010), the Diamou plant had been closed for several years; under an agreement of 23 December 2008 Diamond Cement Mali was building a new cement plant at Gangontérie.