Cement is arguably one of the most important construction materials that has been available to multiple variations of human civilization. In Singapore, the cement industry has been around longer than the nation-state has had independence. Companies such has Singapore Cement Manufacturing have a history which dates to 1958, the year after Malaysia was officially recognized as an independent nation. There are no integrated cement plants in Singapore, just a 300,000t/yr capacity grinding plant in Tuas Crescent.