Star Cement Ltd., a joint venture between Emirates Trade Agency and Mauritius Chemical & Fertilizer Industry Ltd., plans to invest as much as 500 million rupees ($18 million) in a cement factory, l’Express reported.
The plant will produce about 500,000 metric tons of the building material a year, to be sold both domestically and exported, the Port Louis-based newspaper said, citing Shehzad Ahmed, the Emirates Trade Agency’s representative in Mauritius.