LAFARGE SURMA CEMENT LTD

Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. is a joint venture of LafargeHolcim, a world leader in building materials and Cementos Molins, Spanish Company with strong global presence. Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. was incorporated on 11th November 1997 as a private limited company in Bangladesh under the Companies Act 1994. Subsequently, on 20th January 2003, Lafarge Surma Cement was made into a public limited company. The Company is listed in Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges and has 35,000 shareholders. The p... lant of Lafarge Surma Cement, which is located in Chhatak Sunamganj is the only fully integrated dry process cement plant in Bangladesh where high premium quality clinker (a semi finished product needed to produce cement) and cement are produced utilizing sophisticated and state-of-the-art machineries and processes. The Company’s ability to produce its own clinker under its strict quality supervision and the presence of an international standard Quality Control and Monitoring Lab ensures the same consistent premium quality in each and every bag. Lafarge Surma Cement sources its primary raw material limestone from its own quarry in Meghalaya, India, which has one of the best quality limestone deposits in the world. This limestone is brought to the Plant using a 17 km long conveyer belt. In November 2000, the two Governments of India and Bangladesh signed a historic agreement through exchange of letters in order to support this unique cross border commercial venture, and till date it is the only cross border industrial venture between the two countries. As Bangladesh does not have any commercial deposit of limestone (the main raw materials for producing clinker), the agreement provides for uninterrupted supply of limestone to the cement plant from the quarry. Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. wholly owns a subsidiary company Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Ltd. (LUMPL), which is registered in India and operates the quarry in Meghalaya.