Présentation | Carthage Cement

About

In short

Carthage Cement was founded in 2008 following the split of the company "Les Grandes Carrières du Nord".

Carthage Cement operates on 3 activities:

Exploiting, producing and marketing of aggregates from the Jebel Ressas site.

Production and marketing of ready-mixed concrete.

Manufacture and marketing of hydraulic binders.

The Carthage Cement cement plant produces 2.2 million tons of cement per year. It is spread on 218 hectares near the Jbel Ressas quarry. It has a production unit of special and ready to use concretes.

Carthage Cement relies on partnerships with the best specialists in all areas of intervention.

Floated on the Tunis stock exchange in 2010 with a total investment of about 800 Million TND, Carthage Cement is presented as one of the largest projects of the last decade in Tunisia.

Carthage Cement now provides nearly 774 direct jobs and significantly contributes to the economic and social development of the entire Mornag region along with the southern suburbs of Tunis. Carthage Cement's ambition is to become the driving force of an industrial pole covering the numerous needs of the cement field: energy, packaging, etc.

2.2

millions de tonnes de ciment par an

218 ha

de Jbel Ressas

774

emplois directs

800 MDT

investissement total

History

2008
Carthage Cement Foundation
The "Grandes Carrières du Nord" (GCN) company was demerged in 2008. The industrial part of GCN allowed the foundation of Carthage Cement, which recovered the ownership and exploitation of the Jbel Ressas career.
1996
Expansion of GCN's field of activity
The Jbel Ressas site has the advantage of having gathered in the same place other raw materials that are necessary for the manufacture of clinker such as marl and clay. This strategic location led to the idea of creating a cement plant from 1996.

Indeed, it has always been obvious to the founder of GCN to extend the quarry exploiting by implementing a vertical development strategy that consists on introducing other activities using the natural resources at the disposal of the Jbel Ressas deposit such as cement and ready-mixed concrete in particular.
1985
GCN Foundation
GCN was founded by Lazhar Sta, a former ENIT engineer. He applied his experience in the promotion and development of projects that he acquired within the APII (Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation). He also benefited from the experience of the Sta family and its partners who exploited an industrial career in the same region since the seventies.

GCN is an industrial complex of aggregate mining, slaughtering, grinding, sieving and classification. It also includes gravel production as well as other products. GCN has set up advanced technical assets that have allowed it to be a leader in its fields.
1983
Acquisition of the career of Jbel Ressas by private shareholders
The quarry, with an area of 218 hectares, was bought from private local individuals by shareholders. It will later become "Les Grandes Carrières du Nord" (GCN).

Values and objectives

In order to maintain an optimal evolution that guarantees the long-term sustainability of the company, Carthage Cementsets itself the mission of satisfying its customers and partners’ requests and expectations.

It also sets as its prime objectives to ensure a total quality control and the best production tools efficiency.

The watchwords that govern that underscore the Carthage Cement operating rules are :

Skills development

Transparent and fluid communication

The setting up of a policy of ongoing attention with its partners

Compliance of products with existing legal and regulatory requirements

Establishing an environmental, healthy and secure work culture

Board of directors

The members of the board of directors:

Mr. Sami FOURATI

Representative of the NAIFER GROUP

Mr. Abdellatif BEN JEMAA

Elected representative of small carriers

Mr Sami Ben Jemaa

President of the council

Mr. Brahim SANAA

Director General and representative of the TUNISIAN STATE

Mrs. Neziha ABBES

Representative of the TUNISIAN STATE

Mr. Mongi TRIMECHE

Elected representative of small carriers

BINA CORP company

Partners

International legal assistance firm.

The Swiss firm, specialist in the field of engineering and management of cement plants.

Partner of FLSmidth for the construction, assembly as well as the supply of boilermaking for certain equipment and the metal framework.

Responsible for engineering, equipment supply and turnkey construction of the cement plant. NLS: Subsidiary of the FLSmidth group, selected for the operation and maintenance of the plant during the first years from the start of production of the cement plant.