Cement News tagged under: Indonesia
Indonesia's largest cement producer records 14.7% sales increase14 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia (Persero) recorded a 14.7 per cent increase in cement sales last year, exceeding the country's average increase of 14.5 per cent and representing a 44 per cent market share. Semen Indonesia is the country's largest cement producer with production units in Gresik, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi, Indonesian news agency ANTARA reported. Rudi Hartono, head of Semen Indonesia's marketing department, said the state company sold 22.5Mt of cement in 2012, up from 19.6Mt in ... |
Indonesia: cement sales up in Kalimantan12 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement sales of PT Semen Indonesia in Kalimantan rose 11.4 per cent in the period of January to April reaching 1.47Mt. The growth is the third biggest nationally, company spokesman Muhammad Helmi said to newsmen on Tuesday. "The highest sales growth is recorded in Nusa Tenggara regions by around 23.1 per cent followed by Papua-Maluku regions by 14 per cent," he said. He stated that the cement market in Kalimantan still has plenty of potential and continued to grow in line with increasing... |
Siam Cement Group to begin Myanmar plant construction in 2H1306 June 2013, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group of Thailand plans to kick start construction of a greenfield cement plant in neighbouring Myanmar in the second half of this year, having received regulatory approval. The 1.7Mta cement factory has been given the go-ahead by the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC), allowing the Thai conglomerate to begin construction as soon as the investment value is finalised by SCG's board, according to president and chief executive KanTrakulhoon. The investment value is expected to b... |
Semen Baturaja announces IPO, Indonesia31 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian state-run cement maker Semen Baturaja plans to raise up to IDR1.6trn (US$163m) from an initial public offering next month to finance expansion as its existing production base nears maximum utilisation levels. State Enterprises Ministry's deputy head of restructuring and strategic planning, Wahyu Hidayat, that the indicative share prices of between IDR500-685 has been approved, according to reports in the Jakarata Globe. The South Sumatra-based company is selling 2.34 billion ... |
Gebr Pfeiffer wins two VRM orders in Indonesia29 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsGebr Pfeiffer has won a contract to supply two vertical roller mills for Semen Bosowa’s Line No 2, which is being constructed at the Indonesian producer's cement works located near Maros, Sulawesi. Sinoma International Engineering Co Ltd, acting as General Contractor for the new 5500tpd cement production line, awarded Gebr Pfeiffer the contract for an MPS 5600 B for raw material grinding and an MPS 3750 BK for coal grinding. The MPS raw mill sold is designed for a capacity of 480tph and ... |
Semen Indonesia targets 50% share of Papua market29 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia is targeting a 50 per cent share in the Papuan cement market following the company's decision to build a packing plant in the coastal city of Sorong, West Papua, last year. "We will maximise the utilisation of the packing plant," the company’s head of marketing development, Rudi Hartono, said the target is said after a company-held infrastructure seminar in Sorong yesterday. Rudi said that the packing plant with 300,000t capacity will push Semen Indonesia's demand in ... |
Indonesia cement sales rise 8.6%, Jan-Apr 201316 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement sales increased by 8.6 per cent in the four months to the end of April 2013, the latest data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) reveals. Sales for the January-April 2013 period reached 18.12Mt compared to 16.68Mt in the same period of last year. In April 2013 alone, sales also increased by 8.6 per cent to 4.54Mt in April from 4.18Mt in April 2012. The April sales growth showed an improvement on March's rate when sales only advanced by 3.5 per cent – the slowest... |
Siam Cement appoints Chinese contractor for new Indonesian plant10 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group (SCG) of Thailand has signed an agreement with China-based Anhui Conch Design & Research Institute for the construction of a greenfield plant in West Java, Indonesia. The Chinese company, a subsidiary of the Anhui Conch Group, will supply machinery and equipment and provide engineering and construction services for the 1.8Mta plant to be constructed in Sukabumi. The new cement works will be run by Siam Cement’s wholly-owned subsidiary PT Semen Jawa. With an investment to... |
Mixed first-quarter results for Indonesia's top three06 May 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia's top three cement producers have posted a mixed set of results for 1Q13, as Semen Indonesia and PT Indocement report a rise in net profits but Holcim Indonesia feels the pinch from an increasingly competitive market. The country's largest cement producer, state-owned PT Semen Indonesia reported a 22.3 per cent increase in net profit to IDR1.24trn in the first three months of this year, thanks to a 20.4 per cent rise in sales volumes to 4.94Mt. The state-owned cement producer en... |
Siam Cement Group to lift capacity by 4.5Mta in two years25 April 2013, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group plans to spend US$1.5bn to expand cement production capacity in Southeast Asia by 4.5Mta over the next two years. President and chief executive of Siam Cement Kan Trakhulhoon told the Bangkok Post that the US$400m cement plant in Indonesia is already under construction with Phase 1 expected to come on-stream by 2015. Meanwhile, the Myanmar cement factory is still awaiting approval, but Phase 1 is also slated to be operational by 2015 and involve a similar cost. The compa... |