Asia & Pacific Rim - 25 September 2013

The company hopes to supply the new Sunda Strait Bridge, which would utilise 3 million t of cement.

Freight, fuel and power costs are pushing up cement prices in India, causing complaints from the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India, which is threatening to go to the CCI.

Paul Maxwell-Cook provides an overview of the Bangladeshi cement market, including exports and investments.

Paul Maxwell-Cook looks at infrastructure investment and how this could affect the cement sector in Pakistan.

Paul Maxwell-Cook summarises some of the latest developments in this volatile part of the world in this abridged article from the October 2013 issue of World Cement.