Asia & Pacific Rim

Thailand-based The Siam Cement Public Co. is to invest in a logistics joint venture company alongside the Barito Group in Indonesia.

Asian cement production grew in the first four months of the year on good performance in China, Thailand, and Vietnam, while in Latin America and the Mediterranean Basin, producers struggled.

Mongolun Alt Group has opened Mongolia’s newest and largest cement plant, which was supplied by FLSmidth.

South Korea’s largest cement company, Ssangyong Cement, has acquired Daehan Cement Co.

Research and Markets has added 'Research Report on China's Cement Industry, 2017-2021’ to its offering.

Eagle Cement has ordered a Loesche vertical roller mill for grinding coal and petcoke at its Barangay plant in the Philippines.

Cemengal has recently commissioned a new modular grinding plant for Cemindo in Bengkulu province, Indonesia.

Philippines conglomerate, DMCI Holdings, is considering a move into the cement industry with the construction of a 5000 tpd plant on Semirara Island.

Cemex Philippines has signed a contract with CBMI for the construction of a new kiln production line.

Insee Aggregates has chosen Metso to supply an aggregate processing plant for its Subhanburi quarry.

The Clean Energy Finance Corp. is to finance the construction of two new waste-processing plants in Australia, producing a waste-derived fuel for the cement industry.

Cemengal has completed a contract to supply three cement grinding plants to Indonesian cement producer, PT Cemindo Gemilang.

Sika has invested in a larger production site in Kazakhstan.

Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute received the provisional acceptance certificate the 5000 tpd Malaysia Hume Line II at the end of 2016.

Cemex has reported a consolidated net sales increase of 6% for 1Q17.