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Cement manufacturers will only go back to using natural gas if the government halves the price at which it sells it to their factories to USD 3 \/ MMBtu, head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries\u2019 cement division Medhat Estefanios tells Youm7<\/a>. Coal will remain the more cost efficient energy source until then, says Estefanios. A recently formed government committee that meets twice a year cut gas prices to cement factories to USD 6 \/ MMBtu from USD 8 in its most recent meeting last October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cement manufacturers will only go back to using natural gas if the government halves the price at which it sells it to their factories to USD 3 \/ MMBtu, head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries\u2019 cement division Medhat Estefanios tells Youm7. Coal will remain the more cost efficient energy source until then, says Estefanios. 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