<p>A Chinese company is planning to build a new cement plant in Hambantota.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka’s deputy minister for development and international trade said the land allocation and environmental assessment for the project had already been completed and the plant was expected to start production in May 2020.</p>
<p>The company is expected to source 40 per cent of the raw material locally and gradually increase on the number.</p>
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