PT Semen Padang expects the output of its Indarung VI line to reach 2Mt this year as the 3Mta plant produced 0.5Mt of cement at the end of May, four months after its commissioning.

Semen Padang saw domestic sales in the first four months of the year reach 1.8Mt, down 4.8 per cent YoY, according to the company’s President Director, Benny Wendry. However, exports more than quadrupled to 294,971t in the period, from 56,553t in 4M16.