The demand for cement is expected to rise in China over the next three years, thanks to an increase in state investment in the infrastructure sector, according to the administration of the Building Materials Industry. China plans to invest $750 billion in infrastructure development in the next three years.

The Philippines' Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) plans to iron out differences with the French firm Bouygues, the biggest civil works contractor in Europe, over the implementation of the $1 billion Light Rail Transit (LRT) IV.

The International Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline Consortium, shared equally by PSG International and Royal Dutch-Shell Group, has submitted for consideration of the Turkmen president Saparmurat Niyazov the final proposals for construction of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) from Turkmenistan to Turkey.

This Australian city will be home to the world's tallest apartment building with the final design of the Grollo group's Eureka Tower having been approved.The $500 million, 88-storey giant will soar 300 m - 58 m higher than the Rialto building and equal to the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Pakistan is studying the purchase of railway construction services worth $815 million from Ukraine, stated a Ukraine official. Pakistan needs to replace 54 per cent of the ties and 57 per cent of the rail in the national network which has 8,831 km of track.