- Business
- West China Cement Limited manufactures and sells cement, clinker and related products including aggregates, commercial concrete, gypsum board, precast components and prefabricated buildings; provides financial leasing, mine exploitation, real estate development and transportation services; and trades cement-related raw materials and plastic bags. The company, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China, operates primarily in the building materials industry with production facilities in Shaanxi, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces in China, as well as in Ethiopia, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uzbekistan, Rwanda and Tanzania; its products under the Yao Bai and Yaobaishuini brands serve infrastructure projects such as highways, railways, bridges, hydroelectric power stations and water conservancy facilities, alongside housing and social infrastructure developments. Recent developments include the completion of the disposal of its 3.5 million tons per annum Xinjiang operations to Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited on August 15, 2025 for RMB1.65 billion; the April 2025 acquisition of Kangding Paomashan Cement Co., Ltd.; and the pending second-half 2025 acquisition of the 1.2 million tons per annum Cimenterie de Lukala SA plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Heidelberg Materials AG, which will elevate its overseas capacity to 14.8 million tons per annum and enable partial repayment of its USD600 million 4.95% senior notes due 2026.