The Defense Ministry’s six line cement plant being built at Beni Suef contracted Germany’s Loesche to supply 18 new vertical roller mills, Global Cement reports. China’s Sinoma CDI is building the plant, each of whose lines will have a capacity of 12.6 mn tonnes a year. Global Cement says “it is anticipated that the mills will be delivered within 2017, putting high demands on the delivery time of the mill components … Loesche was able to carry conviction to the Ministry of Defence and assure the expected quick market entry with an elaborated plan of delivery.”