The Minister of Investment Dr. Mudathir Abdul-Ghani said that the state's plan aims to raise the production capacity of cement to five million instead of three million tons per year to achieve self-sufficiency and export the surplus. This came in a meeting with the managers of cement factory in River Nile State, which he is currently visiting it to discuss the implementation of the program on augment of industrial exports. For their part, the Managers of Cement Factories stressed competitiveness and high quality of the Sudanese cement, calling for overcoming the obstacles facing expansion of production capacity. The Minister of Investment inspected a number of investment projects during the second day of his visit to the River Nile State included Karawan Project for Agricultural and Livestock Production, Tala Project for Agricultural Production and the Al-Ghima Project for Agricultural Production at Shendi Locality. The River Nile State represents one of the largest states, which embraces agricultural and industrial investments exceeded 25 projects largely contribute to the production for export and domestic consumption.
