Asia & Pacific Rim

Semen Indonesia, which is reported to have approval to build a 1 million tpy cement plant in Jayapura, held a gathering for customers in East Java.

Once the merger is complete, the cement company will have 68 million t of capacity in India, the world’s second biggest cement market.

India’s core sector growth slowed to its lowest level since October 2013 in February, but cement output grew.

India’s cement industry will see increased costs going forward, as freight rate hikes and higher taxes take hold.

Dalmia Cement has reported the start of trial cement production at its new greenfield plant in Karnataka.

China Shanshui Cement Group reported a 5.7% decrease in revenue, at RMB15 596 million (~US$2516 million).

Shareholders of Trinetra Cement approved the vote to merge with India Cements.

Italcementi’s Thai subsidiary Asia Cement is installing 4 kW on-grid solar PV rooftops for 25 schools local to its cement plants.

Holcim has sold its remaining 27.5% stake in Thailand’s Siam City Cement Company Ltd.

Sika has further expanded its international presence with a new mortar manufacturing facility in Dubai, UAE, and a new concrete admixture plant in Réunion. It has also agreed to acquire Construction Technologies Australia.

The construction division of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) won orders worth Rs.1711 crores in March, including an EPC contract for a greenfield cement grinding plant.

Beijing has closed the first of four large coal-fired power plants set to be retired as part of the city's attempts to cut air pollution.

An expanded version of the Level 1 award in health and safety in construction has been launched.

Based on the 1Q15 update of Timetric’s Construction Risk Index (CRI), risk has edged up marginally across the 50 countries that are analysed.

Indocement increased net revenue by 7% in 2014 and added 1.9 million t of new milling capacity.