It would only take Phinma Corp. a “pretty short” time to recoup the P2.5-billion investment in its cement plant in Bataan province as the government continues to aggressively implement its infrastructure program, its top official said.

'Actually, pretty short. Few years. It depends on how we do but we have very optimistic expectations,' Phinma President Ramon del Rosario Jr. told The Manila Times after he was asked on when his firm would see a return on its investment.