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Holcim expands Indonesia cement

10 May 2010

by Alex Feytis

Swiss group to increase Indonesian capacity to 10.2m. in 2013; Cemex eyes India

Keywords: Holcim, cement, refractories, Cemex

Holcim Ltd plans to invest $450m. in a new 1.6m. tpa cement plant near Tuban in eastern Java, Indonesia, the Swiss company said.

The facility, to be built by Holcim’s subsidiary PT Holcim Indonesia – the country’s third largest cement maker – is expected to start production in Q1 2013.

 

“The new plant will help to further optimise logistics costs and open up markets cost-efficiently in east Java, Kalimantan and the eastern islands of Indonesia,” the company said.Cement production...