West China Cement Ltd (WCC) has received a contract to supply 120,000t of cement for the construction of the Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway project.

WCC will be supplying cement for the section of the railway that passes through Longnan District, Gansu Province.

The Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway will stretch from Lanzhou City of Gansu Province to Chongqing City, with a total length of approximately 944.9km, of which a major part of the construction is bridges and tunnels. The project is scheduled to be completed in six years with an estimated investment of CNY77.4bn.