As excitement builds in Papua New Guinea around its new NRL team, the Chiefs, another nation-building project is taking shape: the country’s first cement plant, backed by retail billionaire Gerry Harvey and rugby league legend Darren Lockyer.
The Harvey Norman co-founder has built a reputation as a canny dealmaker and reckons he can triple his investment in the $570 million project, which will help wean the Pacific nation off expensive imported building materials.
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