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Cahya Mata adds new clinker line

29 June 2023, Published under Cement News

Malaysian cement producer Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd has been given approval to build a 1.9Mta clinker line in Kuching, Sarawak. The MYR750m (US$160.6m) line will have a production capacity of 6000tpd and is expected to take 36 months to complete, reports The Star. The company currently runs 2.75Mta of cement capacity, sufficient to meet Sarawak’s demand of ~1.5Mta. However, the construction of Indonesia’s new capital city Nusantara is expected to see demand in the region reach 21Mta over ...

Cahya Mata Sarawak plans to double its cement capacity

27 July 2022, Published under Cement News

Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) is looking at doubling its current cement production at the Bintulu grinding plant as the conglomerate plans to ramp up capacity for construction of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara. The Bintulu grinding plant in Sarawak has a current production capacity of 0.75Mta. Regional demand for cement is expected to increase with the Nusantara   City project set to be inaugurated in 2024. Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, had said early construction of Nusantara is und...

Cahya Mata Sarawak's stable transition

09 April 2018, Published under Cement News

This week, Malaysia-based Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (CMS) reported FY17 revenues up four per cent at MYR11.16bn (US$415.7m). Revenues improved with the first full year operation of the company's 1Mta grinding section, which has converted its clinker plant at Mambong, outside Kuching, to an integrated works. Opened in November 2016, the MYR190m facility has raised CMS's overall cement capacity by 60 per cent to 2.75Mta ( read the full article in ICR May 2017.) There also has been a ...

CMS to benefit from Pan Borneo Highway construction

25 April 2017, Published under Cement News

Construction of the Pan Borneo Highway in Malaysia is expected to boost demand for construction materials including an additional million tonnes of cement. Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS), which is the sole cement producer in the country’s largest state, will be the main beneficiary of the mega highway project. "It is estimated that the project would need up to a million tonnes of cement over the course of the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway [in Sarawak], said Richard Curtis, manag...