SCC
operate two cement plants in the Eastern Province
of Saudi Arabia. The two plants, namely Hofuf Plant
and Ain Dar Plant, are about 35 km apart and are both
at an approximately equal distance of around 120-130
km from King Abdul Aziz Port at Dammam. Below
is a brief history of the Company from its start of
operations:
A.
SCC started operation in 1961 where one kiln of 300
tons of clinker per day was inaugurated at the Hofuf
Plant.
B.
The Hofuf Plant since then has executed four expansions
and/or renovations and upgrading of its facilities,
the last of which, was in 1997 where a kiln of 3,500
tons of clinker capacity (kiln # 6) was added, bringing
the total capacity of the plant to 7825 tons of clinker
per day.
C.
The Ain Dar Plant, started as an independent Company
under the name of “Saudi-Bahraini Cement Company”
(SBC) back in 1981, where 4 kilns of 1,500 tons of
clinker capacity each were inaugurated (total of 6000
tons of clinker per day)
SBC
continued its operations independently till December
31, 1991. As of January 1, 1992 “Saudi-Bahraini
Cement Company” (SBC) merged with SCC and operations
since then have continued under the old name of “Saudi
Cement Company”.
