The Bauchi State government, Nigeria has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a United States based construction company, C& C International LLC, Miami, Florida, to establish a cement company in Gwana district in Alkaleri local government area of the state. The new company would be known as Bauchi- Gwana Cement Company (BGCC). It would be the second cement company in the North-east part of the Nigeria, after the Ashaka Cement Company at Ashaka, Bajoga, Gombe State. The planned company will be floated under the public private partnership (PPP), and would have a production capacity of 1,500,000 metric tonne of cement annually. The government expects that this project would open more doors for investors in gypsum, coal and other minerals in the state.