Cement News tagged under: Indonesia
Indonesian: expected sales rebound ahead11 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement demand growth is expected to slow in 2014 but sales are anticipated to rebound next year as new projects get underway. For full-year 2014 the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI) expects sales to rise by four per cent, down from the 5.8 per cent achieved last year. The slowdown has been attributed to regional and national elections delaying infrastructure projects, high interest rates and weakening purchasing power. Forecasts for Indonesian cement sales in 2015 are mor... |
Semen Indonesia seeks loan for Aceh plant construction09 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsPT Semen Indonesia is seeking loans worth IDR2.2-3.1trn (US$178m-251m) to build a new cement factory in Aceh province, at the northern end of Sumatra, Kontan newspaper reported citing Finance Director Ahyanizzaman. The new facility is expected to have a capacity of around 3Mta to meet increasing consumption in Aceh, Medan, Dumai and Riau. Construction is slated to begin in the first half of 2015. |
Holcim Indonesia develops Educational Forest02 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Indonesia, in collaboration with the Bogor Institute of Agriculture, has jointly developed Holcim Educational Forest (HEF), a rehabilitated former quarry mining site covering 60ha of land in Cibadak, Sukabumi, West Java. Holcim started mining operations at the site in Cibadak in 1975. In 2011, the company began to convert the former Cibadak quarry area into a protected forest area to help sustain local communities, tourism, and studies by academics and school children. “HEF is expec... |
Semen Indonesia CEO to head state oil & gas company28 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsDwi Soetjipto, president director of PT Semen Indonesia, has been appointed head of state oil and gas company PT Pertamina, according to reports in the Indonesian press. "As of November 28, Dwi Soetjitpto is heading Pertamina," said State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno. To date, Dwi Soetjipto has spent his entire career in the cement industry within publicly listed state-run Semen Indonesia, the nation's biggest cement producer. Prior to achieving the top job in Semen Indonesia ... |
PT Indocement Pati plant delayed26 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsThe development of PT Indocement's project for a greenfield plant in Pati regency, Central Java, which was scheduled to start in 2016, is now likely be postponed for two years, according to a company executive. “Although currently its environmental impact analysis [Amdal] document has been completed and only has just to wait for permission from the regent, its construction is expected to commence in 2018,” PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa vice president director, Franciscus Welirang, said af... |
Baturaja to part-finance new plant with bank loan24 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia’s state-controlled cement producer PT Semen Baturaja plans to get IDR700-800bn (US$57.7-65.9m) in bank loans to finance its new IDR2.9tn plant in South Sumatra. The company intends to start construction of the 1.85Mta plant early next year with commissioning scheduled for 2018. In 9M14, Semen Baturaja posted sales of 853,089t and the company forecasts volumes of 1.31Mt for the year, up four per cent YoY. |
Lawyer defends Semen Indonesia's Rembang plant, Indonesia21 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsNoted lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution, who is legally representing PT Semen Indonesia, is trying to bring together stakeholders to realise the construction of a cement plant in Rembang, Central Java. "We hope that those who rejected the planned construction of the cement plant will not regard the project as detrimental to residents or as bringing negative impacts, but look at it as a joint interest," the Jakarta Post quoted Adnan as saying. Adnan added that PT Semen Indonesia wanted to sit t... |
Siam Cement to equip new Indonesian plant with WHR technology17 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsSiam Cement Group (SCG) has announced that its new Indonesian plant in Sukabumi, West Java, will be equipped with a waste heat power generation (WHG) system which could reduce energy use by up to 30 per cent. "At the Sukabumi plant, we will use the same technology, the WHG system, that we have been using at our plant in Lampang province in Thailand," SCG president and CEO Kan Trakulhoon told the Jakarta Post on the sidelines of the 2014 ASEAN Sustainability Development Symposium in Bangkok,... |
Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan top Vietnam export table12 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan were the largest importers of Vietnamese clinker and cement in the first nine months of this year, according to data released by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade. During the period, Indonesia imported 1.76Mt of clinker and cement worth US$83m from Vietnam, while Malaysia acquired 1.05Mt worth US$52m and Taiwan purchased 969,678t worth US$41.7m. Following on were the Philippines with 816,060t worth US$31.2m and Cambodia with 389,373t worth US$2... |
Indonesian monthly consumption up 3.2%10 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement consumption increased by 3.2 per cent in October 2014 and year-to-date sales were ahead by 3.4 per cent. However, industry sources caution that sales may start to slow on account of the rainy season. During October 2014, Indonesian demand increased to 5.759Mt versus 5.579Mt in the same period of last year. Cement consumption over the first 10 months of the year reached 48.752Mt compared to 47.158Mt in 10M13. Exports of 255,821t over the 10-month period declined by 52.5... |