Steel giant Lanwa ventures into cement Source:-www.ft.lk  Lanwa Sanstha Cement Chairman Nandana Lokuwithana and Hambantota International Port Group CEO Johnson Liu exchange the agreements signed in Colombo last week  Upcoming plant in Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone to produce entire range of blended cement  Signs deal with Hambantota International Port for 2.4 km conveyor belt connecting to plant  Plant with capacity of 3 m metric tons per annum to start production in January Steel giant Lanwa is foraying into the cement market with a manufacturing plant at the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone, while last week it struck two agreements with the Hambantota International Port towards operationalising the new venture. One of the agreements was connecting the Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corporation Ltd.’s 3 million-ton per annum plant at the Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone to the Hambantota International Port (HIP) via a 2.4 km-long conveyor belt. Another was to grant a licence to ...

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