SEC opens Dolomite plant
Shirley Wijesinghe
The recently modernized Matale Dolomite Manufacturing Plant managed
by the State Engineering Corporation (SEC) will be opened by
Construction and Engineering Services Minister Rajitha Senaratne on
Sept.07 at 11.00 am. Urban Development Minister Rohana Dissanayake will
also participate in the event.
The plant will manufacture high quality dolomite and sell them to
farmers at a concessionary rate with the intention of giving support to
the Api Wawamu Rata Nagamu grow more food drive stipulated in the
Mahinda Chinthana.
The plant also intends to produce high quality lime and hydrated lime
as a construction raw material. It will be marketed in a 20 kg pack to
customers. According to the sources of SEC, the annual country
requirement for dolomite is over 80,000 metric tons. Expected monthly
production of dolomite through the plant is about 700 metric tons. SEC
hopes to double this capacity in the future.
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