Asia & Pacific Rim

CRH has reported a challenging first half of 2017 for its Philippines cement business.

Filipino conglomerate is to invest in a new cement company, taking advantage of projected demand growth for cement in the Southeast Asian country.

Beyond Zero Australia, a climate change think tank, has outlined a pathway to zero-carbon cement for the Australian cement industry.

South Korea’s construction industry will slow over the next few years, as oversupply in the residential sector drags growth down.

Lower consumption and prices, combined with increased competition from imports, hit Filipino cement makers in 2Q17.

The petcoke market in key Asian countries showed growth in May, contrasting a decline in both production and demand in Brazil.

Liebherr Maritime is about to establish full service, spares and sales activities in the Asia Pacific region.

Loesche has provided a vertical roller mill to Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd.

FLSmidth has signed a contract with Nepal Shalimar Private Ltd.

A slowdown in residential construction in Siberia has hit demand for cement in the region.

Hanson is to develop new terminal facilities to handle up to 1 million tpy of concrete aggregates in Sydney, supporting a new concrete batching plant planned for Glebe Island.

Construction sector growth in Indonesia is expected to grow strongly to 2021 – but the cement sector will remain plagued by overcapacity.

TMEIC has purchased the process control business of Real Time Consultants, a Melbourne-based engineering and consultancy business.

LafargeHolcim has signed an agreement with FFI to accelerate its biodiversity conservation efforts.

Vietnamese cement producer, Bim Son Cement, has ordered a Loesche vertical roller mill for grinding clinker and granulated blastfurnace slag.