Asia & Pacific Rim

A quick roundup of cement action in China

Imsat Ceprocim Engineering Company has awarded a contract to Fives FCB for the supply of a dynamic classifier and a water injection system.

As the leadership journey streamlining continues, Holcim Ltd reduces its stakes, taking back SFr375 million from the sale.

PT Semen Gresik, soon to be PT Semen Indonesia, has recently been appointed the holding company for state cement manufacturing interests. On top of this, a Vietnamese acquisition and joint venture talks in Myanmar show the company’s strong momentum going into the new year.

A new cement plant, established as a joint venture between Vicat Cement and Sagar Cement began its operations on 18 December 2012.

The company is investigating the viability of establishing a cement plant to make use of slag and flyash from its steel operations.

Lucky’s plans to build a 500 000 tpa plant in Sri Lanka move ahead, with the company attempting to secure land for the project.

Adelaide Brighton is importing clinker, Boral Cement is closing a clinker plant due to high costs. Is this the beginning of the end for domestically produced Australian clinker?

The company will make moves to bring the manufacture of its key products to the country, as well as expanding its retail operations there, too.

The deal takes Dalmia Cement’s ownership of Calcom up to 76%.

A new partnership agreement with SAP will put the enterprise resource planning in place to streamline the expansion of international and domestic business.

The Australian company seeks to expand its supply base overseas in order to augment its domestic footprint.

The deal, for the 4.8 million tpa operations, is expected close by the end of the year.

FRITSCH Milling and Sizing has opened a subsidiary in Beijing, with plans to open offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

The combination of five major projects will see the Semen Bosowa’s total production capacity grow by almost 300% by 2015.