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Construction—EMEA—Qatar—Tanks DYWIDAG Strand Tendons for new Silos: Expansion of the Qatar National Cement Company Production Facility Founded in Qatar in 1965, Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) is a major producer of Portland cement, sulphate resistant cement, hydrated lime, calcined lime, washed sand and clinker. QNCC has set itself the target to increase its annual cement production in order to satisfy the increasing demand for construction projects due to the Soccer World Cup that will take place in Qatar in 2022. For this reason, QNCC awarded the FIVES company with the contract for the construction of a 5 th production line in the town of Umm- Bab in western Qatar that will have a capacity of 5,000t of clinker per day once completed. The new production facility also required the construction