Lhoist to invest in China plant

Work has started in Chizhou of Anhui Province on a refractory material project financed and owned by the Lhoist Group, a multinational corporation of Belgium with subsidiaries in 15 countries. Estimated to cost US$58m, the project is designed to produce more than 100,000tpa of refractory bricks, valued at over 200 million yuan (US$24.2m)