Asia & Pacific Rim

A TEC Greco is to supply a new Flexiflame® burner to Irish Cement’s Platin plant near Drogheda.

Profits up 93% across the industry as positive cement pricing and lower coal costs create ideal environment.

According to reports, Jaiprakash Associates is to sell one cement plant and one grinding plant in Himachal Pradesh.

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.

Data shows that merger and acquisition in India’s cement industry is bucking the national trend, with seven deals totalling US$3.3 billion so far this year.

Siam Cement Group plans a new greenfield plant in Indonesia to add to its expanding portfolio across the ASEAN region, while another Thai company takes advantage of low new-build prices to order a new cement carrier.

The ‘One Cement Factory in One Harbour’ concept proposed by the Minister of Ports and Highways is being pursued, with four grinding and packing plants planned at the country’s main ports.

Muhammad Fazlullah Shariff talks to the local press about the impact of the recent energy price hikes.

Lafarge Republic, Inc. has established a Cement School at its Teresa plant and announced the inauguration of a refuse-derived fuel facility to generate energy from municipal solid waste.

FLSmidth has formed a partnership with VICEM and DANIDA in a bid to reduce the cement sector’s environmental impact via operation and maintenance best practice.

Further details have been released regarding the limiting of cement production capacity in China’s provinces as the government introduces measures to improve air quality and address oversupply.