PT Semen Baturaja is on course to achieve its production target of 3.6Mt in 2016 to help meet increasing demand in South Sumatra and neighbouring regions.

The state-owned Indonesian company is seeking to expand its production capacity and build a number of new production facilities to meet the target, company’s chief spokesman Sahadi told local press.

He said the company has optimize the capacity of its three factories, which are located in Palembang and Baturaja in South Sumatra and in Kota Panjang, Lampung.

Through capacity optimisation the company could increase its production capacity to 2Mta he said.

If the expansion plan and the plan to build new factories could be implemented as scheduled, the production target of 3.6Mt in 2016 could be achieved, he said.