Work should begin on a cement plant in Ben-Zireg, some 40km from Bechar in Algeria, in 2016.
A national and international invitation to tender has been issued, following the termination of the previous contract with a Chinese company.
The cement plant will be built on behalf of Société Saoura Ciment (SSC), a subsidiary of Groupe public industriel des ciments d'Algérie (GICA).
The cement plant should be operational in 2019 and will see the creation of 500-600 jobs directly and as many indirectly.
The cost of the plant has not been disclosed.
