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Cement Plants in Morocco
Morocco has 21 cement plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 28th-largest fleet of the 149 countries that hold any, and 0.6% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 21 operating.
The largest owner-operators are LafargeHolcim Maroc SA (10), Ciments du Maroc SA (7) and Ciments de L'Atlas SA (2) — LafargeHolcim Maroc SA alone is named on 48% of them. Half of Morocco's cement plants in service predate 2007 (median commissioning year of the 18 with a known date), 4 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is Meknes Cement Plant, dating from 1953. They account for 22% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Morocco.
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Who owns Morocco's cement plants
- LafargeHolcim Maroc SA10 48%
- Ciments du Maroc SA7 33%
- Ciments de L'Atlas SA2 10%
- Omnium des industries et de la promotion2 10%
- Asment de Temara SA1 5%
- Cemos Ciment SA1 5%
- Cemos Group PLC1 5%
- Novacim SA1 5%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1950s1
- 1970s3
- 1980s1
- 1990s3
- 2000s2
- 2010s5
- 2020s3
Median commissioning year 2007 · oldest Meknes Cement Plant (1953) · newest Ouled Ghanem Cement Plant (2022) · 18 of 21 carry a start date
How Morocco compares · cement plants by country
- 1. China1,094
- 27. South Africa22
- 28. United Arab Emirates21
- 29. Laos21
- 30. Morocco21
- 31. Myanmar21
- 32. Canada20
- 33. Algeria20
Frequently asked
- How many cement plants are there in Morocco?
- OverWatts maps 21 cement plants in Morocco — 0.6% of the world's mapped total, the 28th-largest national fleet of the 149 countries with any.
- Who owns the cement plants in Morocco?
- LafargeHolcim Maroc SA is named as owner or operator on the most — 10 of 21 (48%). Next are Ciments du Maroc SA (7), Ciments de L'Atlas SA (2) and Omnium des industries et de la promotion (2).
- How old are Morocco's cement plants?
- The median commissioning year is 2007, across the 18 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is Meknes Cement Plant (1953); 4 came online in the past ten years.