Chinese-built cement factory in Ethiopia sees 70 percent completion

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Construction of the Lemi National Cement Factory in Ethiopia is 70 percent completed and it will be inaugurated early next year, set to boost the East African country's annual cement production capacity by 8 million metric tons.

Owned by a joint venture of West International Holding, the African arm of West China Cement and East African Holding Company, the Lemi National Cement Factory is being built at a cost of 600 million U.S. dollars at Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park, some 150 km north of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.