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China-based Huaxin Cement is preparing to invest US$150 million in building a cement production plant in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region. A linked agreement on the project was finalised by Aktobe's provincial governor and Huaxin Cement on 13 December 2015. The cement plant is due to have production capacity of 1.5million tonnes/year and will use natural gas instead of coal in its production process.

Chinese investors are reportedly looking to build a cement plant in the Osh region of the Kyrgyz Republic. The facility will have a 2 million tonnes/year capacity, and its output is intended for the domestic market.

As part of the reparation of the southern dyke of the Port of Le Havre, the Mexican building materials giant Cemex will be providing C40 XS3 - Dmax20 concrete, which is resistant to pressure.

Aggregates producers could be about to see their materials in high demand in Qatar after reports in The Gulf Times that rulers are preparing to invest QAR 261 billion (US$ 71.67 billion) in infrastructure development. The huge investment will focus on water, electricity, transport and sewage networks as well as road expansion projects.

Of the total QAR 261 billion new infrastructure budget, QAR 87 billion will be spent on transport sector development, including on port infrastructure and new rail projec

Novoroscement, one of Russia’s major cement producers, may become the general sponsor of the Kuban football club (South). A decision on whether the Novorossiysk headquartered company obtains its football goal will be made in the near future.

Lafarge Zambia (Lafarge), in partnership Congolese Railways and Zambia Railways, has commissioned a new modern rail loading facility in Ndola. The new facility will increase cement exports into the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo (DR). Lafarge aims to load 400tonnes/week of cement in 2016, and exceed that figure in 2017. Additionally, the company plans a four-fold increase in the 150,000tonnes/year of cement exports to Zimbabwe, Malawi and Congo (DR).

More than 150 new trucks have been sent out by Dangote Cement to ease cement distribution and availability across Nigeria. The trucks will be given to distributors free of charge. If they achieve a certain sales volume within three years, they can keep the trucks for good, a Dangote Cement spokesperson is said to have told national media. The largest Dangote Cement customers will get 20tonne trucks, while 15 and 10tonne trucks will be given to the next customer category. Dangote Cement say the investment in