The Middle East's biggest cement factory will come on stream in Kermanshah, western Iran, late August.
The Saman-e Gharb Cement factory will be established at the cost of 3.1 trillion rials (some $310 million) in 36 months, the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network reported.
The factory will have 2 production lines and is projected to daily produce 7,000 tons of clinker and 10,000 tons of cement.
Once the unit becomes operational 450 direct and 20,000 indirect job opportunities will be created