Who We Are

Al Khalij Cement Company (AKCC) is a subsidiary of Qatari Investors Group (QIG) Industries; a leading provider of high quality business, industrial, investment services and products in Qatar. QIG plays a major role in the various fields of industry and investment. QIG create value to customers, shareholders, employees and community and enjoy an excellent reputation in the market.

Founded in 2006, AKCC is a market leader and a fully-fledged cement manufacturer in Qatar. AKCC strives to sustain being the Country’s premier manufacturer whilst maintaining quality products and services for our customers and simultaneously embracing Qatar’s vision 2030.

AKCC currently has a clinker production capacity of 4 Million Tons per Annum (MTPA) and cement production capacity of 5.5 MTPA located at Umm Bab, 80km West of Doha. AKCC is the only cement manufacturer in Qatar with a fully automated robotic quality control system for sampling and quality assurance.

AKCC is ISO 9001, ISO14001 and ISO 45001 certified and has been accredited with IMS (Integrated Management System). AKCC’s OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement) and SRC (Sulphur Resistant Cement) is certified by Qatar General Organization for Standardization (QCS 2014) and it is the only cement manufacturer in Qatar who is certified by API for the manufacturing and supply of Class G HSR (Oil Well Cement).

With the Limestone reserves for more than 50 years and a State of the art Cement manufacturing plant; AKCC is truly aligned to cater for Qatar’s construction market and Oil & Gas cementing needs for decades to come.

Our Timeline

2018
#Recieved prestigious certification from American Petroleum Institute (API) to produce and supply Class G Cement (Oil Well Cement) catering the nees of Oil & Gas Cementing needs.
2017
#Certified with Integrated Management System (IMS): ISO 9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001.
2016
#Introduced SRPC (Sulphate Resistant Portland Cement) to support special project requirements.
#Additional Autopac line for Packing added
2015
#AKCC doubled its clinker production capacity to 12,000 tons per day and increasing the cement production capacity to 15,500 tons per day.
#Dispatch capacity has been enhanced to support the increased capacity
2013-14
#ISO 9001:2008 for Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2004 for Environment Management System and OHSAS 18001:2007 for Health and Safety Management System
2012
# Production capacity of clinker increased to 6000 tons per day.
2006-10
# Company Established # Plant setup to take up a clinker production of 5,000 tons per day and Cement production more than 10,000 tons per day

Vision

Be the premier manufacturer and supplier of Cement and other building materials in Qatar and the region.

Mission

Perform business in a responsible and sustainable manner with commitment to Research & Development for new and unique solutions embracing cutting-edge technologies and best-practice in all areas of our operations and manufacturing processes. Our success is built on four pillars; the trust in our products and services; the integrity and honesty of our people; the responsibility of our organization; and partnership with our suppliers and customers.

Strategic Objectives

  • Shareholders
    :  Effectively optimize the utilization of resources to maximize and sustain shareholders' value.
  • Leadership
    :  Achieve and sustain market leadership for the industry in Qatar and the region.
  • Technology
    :  Embrace and adopt technological advancements within the industry to deliver our products and services.
  • Innovation
    :  Offer integrated and innovative solutions for the industry.
  • Competitiveness
    :  Achieve a competitive edge in terms of quality, price and delivery.
  • Responsibility
    :  Develop and sustain responsible operations that respects all stakeholders and fulfils their aspirations.

Shared Values

Focus on Our Customers: Offering premier customer services and establishing strong customer relations is at the core essence of our business. We are committed to understanding our customers' needs, anticipating their requirements, and fulfilling their expectations.

Quality and Excellence: For us Quality is paramount and can never be compromised. We continuously embrace best-practices to achieve Excellence continuously set new standards for ourselves and exceptions for others.

Honesty, Integrity, and Respect: We conduct business in a manner that promotes fairness, respect, honesty, and trust.

Teamwork : We encourage the diversity of thoughts, experiences, and backgrounds and celebrate participation and partnership in all of our endeavors. We work together towards common purposes in total harmony.

Passion : We are passionate about what we do, and take great pride in how we do it. We pay attention to the details. Our passion drives our culture and defines our mind-set and energizes our business.

Safety and Environment : We embrace our commitment towards health, safety and environment by implementing and demonstrating responsibility and sustainability in our thinking and practices in all aspects of our business.

Our Team

Jose A. Escalera
AKCC Director

Mr. Escalera holds a Degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, from Complutense University, Madrid (Spain). He joined AKCC in September 2012 and currently accumulates over 23 years of international experience in Cement Industry from different countries. Prior to joining AKCC, he worked as Cement Plant Director at Spain and as Cement/Slag Operations Director at UAE for a Multinational building materials company leading multidisciplinary work teams in Production, Maintenance, Quality and HSE.

Mr. Escalera has brought to AKCC his high level of expertise, leadership, and a thorough understanding of multicultural aspects, with an extraordinary level of governance.

Mohamed Metwally
Production Manager

Mr. Metwally is a pronounced Cement expert with over 19 years of experience in Quality Control, Quality Assurance, product development and Cement Production Processes. He has worked in various technical and quality management profiles with Multinational Cement Manufacturing Groups. He successfully built and capitalized on his BSc degree in Chemistry and Geology, which he achieved in the year 2000- to develop and grow his knowledge, skills and experience in the QA/QC and Production areas of the Cement Industry.

Mr. Metwally is now successfully spearheading all Operations at AKCC in the most proactive, technically sound and effective manner.

Khuzam Adnan Ahmad Obaidat
Sales Manager

Ms. Khuzam holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Jordanian University of Science and Technology. Ms. Khuzam has extensive experience of 17 years in the Qatar Market especially with cement, ready mixed concrete and contracting industry ranging from operations, marketing, business development, quality control and project management. She joined AKCC in 2018 as Sales Manager responsible for OPC, SRC and Oil Well Cement Sales.

Ms. Khuzam is versatile, perseverant and she is leading the sales activities within AKCC with team spirit, while being very dynamic with positive mindset.

Dejan Peshevski
QHSSE Manager

Mr. Dejan had received his Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from University of Technology and Metallurgy St. Kiril and Metodij in Macedonia. He brings with him over 20 years’ experience, mainly in cement industry. Mr. Dejan, joined AKCC in 2019 and currently holds the position of QHSSE Manager. Prior to AKCC, he worked in Production and Quality Department in different international cement companies.

Mr. Dejan possess great technical and analytical skills.

Jalal Abdul Nour
Procurement Manager

Mr. Abdul Nour holds a Degree in Electrical Engineer from University of Quebec, Canada awarded in 1997. He joined AKCC in April 2017 having 12 years of rich previous experience in Procurement with a leading cement company in Saudi Arabia spearheading procurement planning activities and another 9 years in various engineering positions gained from reputable organization within the cement industry.

Mr. Abdul Nour’s expertise also includes Quality engineering, Technical Support and Production Engineering gained over his long career of over 22 years as he currently shoulders the responsibility of all procurement activities at AKCC.

Khaled Al Mufleh
Maintenance Manager

Mr. Khaled holds Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Jordan awarded to him in 2006. He has joined AKCC in April 2017 and currently holds the position of Maintenance Manager.

Mr. Khaled has more than 11 years of experience in cement plants with international companies across the globe, and has a strong technical background and knowledge of cement plants; equipment design and maintenance.

Contact Us

Cement Factory

  • Umm Bab, Dukhan
  • P.O Box 22504 , Qatar
  • Operations Assistant
    :   
       +974 44021030
  • Dispatch Office
    :   
       +974 44021108
  • Fax
    :   
       +974 44021102

Sales Office

  • C-Ring Road, Toyota Tower, 1Oth Floor
  • P.O Box 22504 , Qatar
  • Telephone
    :   
      +974 44445900
  • Fax
    :   
      +974 44317080
  • Email
    :   
      
    [email protected]

Our Facilities

Al Khalij Cement Company (AKCC) has a regionally unique Cement Plant which adopts environment friendly Best Available Technology (BAT). AKCC dedicates itself to staying on the cutting edge of global practices in order to protect the environment for current and future generations.

The Cement Plant is situated in Umm-Bab which is approximately 80 km west of Doha, while the Limestone mining area is situated 4km south of the Plant. The Cement Plant’s Clinkerization Units are based on Modern Rotary Kiln technology with a guaranteed capacity of 12,000 metric tons per day with a grinding capacity of 15,500 metric tons per day of cement.

CRUSHERS Limestone 1,400 tph
Additives 600 tph
Vertical RAW Mills ATOX – 55 2 x 475 tph
6 stage preheater
PYRO SECTION Low NOx in line calciner 2 x 6,000 tpd
Cooler FLS 3rd Generation (6x4SF - CROSS BAR)
Vertical CEMENT Mills 39 x 4 3 x 220 tph

For continuous customer support and satisfaction; the Plant is equipped with efficient dispatch facilities with the flexibility to provide cement by bulk (42,500 MT storage capacity), 50 kg bags (Ventomatic Rotary packer 2x200tph) and big-bags (2 loading lines).