Robert Buess

Cement manufacturing Project management of cement plant projects Operations of cement plants Technical and financial feasibility studies, recognized by financing institutions Liaison with potential lenders Elaboration of tender documents and evaluation of bids Facilitation of contract negotiations Owner's engineer Document review Site supervision Scheduling Waste heat recovery systems Lenders technical advisor Due diligence Maintenance audit Health and safety Power stations Calcined clay projects LC3 CO2 abatement www.rbconsult.ch

Key activities Responsible for leadership, management, and performance.

- Specific focus on business development and projects management.

- Projects from grinding stations to integrated cement plant Greenfield projects.

- Power plant projects for the own supply of cement plants based on coal fired fluidized bed technology or HFO, LFO and gas fired units.

- Presently covering projects in West, Central and North Africa, Middle East, Central and Southern Europe and Asia.

- State of the art geological services to estimate potential raw material resources and for quarry exploitation planning.

- Market studies and environmental impact assessments.

- Financial feasibility studies compliant with UNIDO and COMFAR standard, recognized by the international financing institutions and liaison with the potential lenders to facilitate negotiations.

- Elaboration of tendering documentation and evaluation of the bids of the international equipment suppliers and turnkey contractors.

- Owners engineer including personnel delegation to site.

- Technical advisor on behalf of the lenders for cement plant projects.

- Technical and financial due diligences in the cement sector.

• Responsible for leadership, management, business development and performance.

• Specific focus on business development and projects management.

• Projects from grinding stations to integrated cement plant Greenfield projects.

• State of the art geological services to estimate potential raw material resources and for quarry exploitation planning.

• Market studies and environmental impact assessments.

• Financial feasibility studies compliant with UNIDO and COMFAR standard, recog nized by the international financing institutions and liaison with the potential lenders to facilitate negotiations.

• Elaboration of tendering documentation and evaluation of the bids of the interna tional equipment suppliers and turnkey contractors.

• Owner's engineer including personnel delegation to site.

Key achievements

• Integral cement production plant in:

◦ Morocco, 1.3 million tons of cement / year

◦ Western Algeria, 1.4 million tons of cement / year

◦ Eastern Algeria, 2. 5 million tons of cement / year

◦ Benin, 1.5 million tons of cement / year