Asian shift in construction
As India builds its economy, the country has seen strong industrial investment and looks to overtake China. This shift is also observed in Malaysia and Indonesia, where the cos...
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Semen Baturaja increases AFR use
Semen Baturaja, part of PT Semen Indonesia, increased its alternative fuels and raw materials (AFR) use by 41 per cent to 9401t, up from 6661t in 2023. This has lifted the comp...
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk inaugurates RDF facility
Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk ( Heidelberg Materials group ) inaugurated the cooperation for the delivery of refuse derived fuel (RDF) produced by BUMdes Gunung Putri Villa...
Philippines introduces duty on Portland and blended cement imports
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has introduced a provisional safeguard duty of PHP400/t (US$6.90/t) on two types of cement imports to protect the domestic...
Indonesian cement industry urge government to further limit new capacity
Indonesia's cement producers have called upon the government to tighten its moratorium on the building of new cement plants in the country. Indonesian Cement Association (A...
Indonesia announces 3 million housing boom raising cement demand
The Indonesian government’s plan to build three million houses annually is expected to increase the demand for cement and help address the excess supply of cement in the countr...
Indonesia cement demand fell, production slowed in 2024
Cement sales in Indonesia amounted to 5.619Mt in December, a drop of 11.5 per cent YoY compared to the 6.350Mt reported a year earlier, according to the Asosiasi Semen Indonesi...
Suvo Strategic Minerals to source nickel slag for low-carbon cement
Suvo Strategic Minerals has entered a non-binding joint venture agreement with PT Huadi Banteng Industry Park (HBIP), Sulawesi, Indonesia, to use the nickel slag of the local p...
Indonesia cement sales dip in October but up YtD
Cement sales in Indonesia amounted to 6.423Mt in October. This is a decrease of 0.2 per cent YoY compared to the 6.435Mt reported a year earlier. The strongest growth was re...
Imports into Philippines up 5%, industry calls for measures
Cement imports into the Philippines have increased by five per cent to 6.2Mt in the first 10 months of 2024, according to the Bureau of Customs. Vietnam is the main importing c...