Tsunami damage to cement plants

摘要

Japan: Major cement manufacturers with factories in northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011 are battling to restore their plants' operations, officials of the companies say. It remains unknown when the factory of Taiheiyo Cement Corp. in the tsunami-crippled port city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, will be able to resume operations. The disaster inflicted serious damage on the facility. The factory, with a cement capacity of about 1.8Mt/yr, accounts for around 40% of the combined cement output of the various makers' factories in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan.