Qatar National Cement Company has issued a tender for the construction of a new cement plant at its Umm Bab base

According to reports in Construction Week, the company said that it has outlined two separate options for the plant, which is 82km outside of Doha: one would be capable of producing 5000tpd of clinker and the second would be capable of producing 7000t.

The firm said that a tender for consultants to design the plant is already "on the stage of receiving quotations".