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China's Sinoma to build $1bn cement plant in Tanzania

China's state-run Sinoma International Engineering will start work in May to build a $1 billion cement factory in Tanzania, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa's office said.

The cement factory to be built on the coastal town of Tanga will primarily target export markets in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and Sudan.

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