Important progress has been made in the construction project of China Resources I 5000t/d clinker production line.

Recently, the People's Government of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province issued a document to make public the approval opinions on the project of upgrading and technical transformation of the new dry process cement clinker rotary kiln production line with a daily output of 5000 tons of Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. According to

the document, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, intends to approve the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. on the Upgrading and Technical Renovation Project of the New Dry Cement Clinker Rotary Kiln Production Line with a Daily Output of 5000 Tons in the near future.

The original text is as follows:

After deliberation, our Bureau intends to approve the Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. on the Upgrading and Technical Transformation Project of the New Dry Process Cement Clinker Rotary Kiln Production Line with a Daily Output of 5000 Tons in the near future, and now the relevant information on the environmental impact assessment of the project will be publicized for 5 working days. If you have any comments, please send letters and calls to our Bureau within the publicity period.

Address: Window of Ecological Environment Bureau of Chenzhou Municipal Affairs Service Center Zip Code: 423000

Tel: 0735-2372010

Notice of Hearing: According to the Administrative License Law of the People's Republic of China, Within five working days from the date of publication, the applicant and the interested party may apply for a hearing on the following decision on the approval of the environmental impact assessment document of the construction project to be made. According to

China Cement Network, on December 1, 2021, the Anti-monopoly Bureau of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration announced the acquisition of Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. by China Resources Cement Investment Co., Ltd.

According to the announcement, China Resources Cement Investment Co., Ltd. ( "China Resources Cement") intends to acquire a total of 51% equity of Hunan Dingtian Economic and Trade Group Co., Ltd. ( "Dingtian Economic and Trade") and Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. ( "Target Company") held by six natural person shareholders. After the completion of the

transaction, the target company, Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd., is solely controlled by China Resources Cement.

Previously, China Resources Cement had no cement clinker production base in Hunan. In December

2021, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Hunan Province issued the Announcement on the Capacity of the Technical Upgrading and Transformation Project of the New Dry Process Cement Clinker Rotary Kiln Production Line with a Daily Output of 5000 Tons of Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd., and Hunan Liangtian Cement Co., Ltd. planned to build a 5000 t/d cement clinker production line in the original plant area.