Lafarge Malaysia earnings expected to bounce back
Lafarge Malaysia Bhd’s (Lafarge) earnings are expected to bounce back in FY17 and FY18 on the back of local cement sales growth as well as contributions from its collaboration w...
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Dangote Asian expansion?
According to a Ghanaian news source, Dangote Cement is hoping to expand into the Asian market over the next decade. It is reported that the company plans to launch in southeast ...
SE Asia towards oversupply? Premium
The southeast Asian cement market has seen rapid demand growth in recent years. Backed by favourable macroeconomic trends, it is likely to remain one of the fastest-growing ceme...
Indocement awaits the "domino-effect" Premium
Growth of Indonesia’s cement market weakened in 2015, but prospects for this year are more optimistic with demand expected to significantly improve. ICR spoke to Christian Karta...
Growing pains: southeast Asia's looming overcapacity
Positioned between the two most populous nations on Earth, the emerging economies of southeast Asia have ridden the wave of economic growth in the early years of the century. Be...
Indonesia: Semen Baturaja reports double-digit sales growth
Semen Baturaja achieved a 20.66 per cent rise in cement sales last year to IDR1.46trn (US$109.32m), the Indonesian stated-owned cement company has said. The sales growth has ena...
Siam Cement Group eyes Vietnam expansion
Thailand's Siam Cement Group plans to expand its operations in Vietnam, especially in the cement and petrochemical sectors. "Our target is that we must have a cement factory her...
Domestic deliveries drive Vicem's 11-month sales rise
Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, sold 20.06Mt of cement and clinker in the first 11 months of 2015, up 2.9 per cent from a yea...
Indonesia cement sales up 4.7% in November
Indonesian cement sales rose by 4.7 per cent YoY to 6.1Mt in November 2015, due to improved government spending on infrastructure projects. The increase was supported by rising ...
Vietnam: MoC forecasts 2016 sales rise of 4-7%
Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker are predicted to rise 4-7 per cent YoY in 2016 to between 75-77Mt, according to forecasts by the country's Ministry of Construction (MoC). ...