Indonesia: Holcim Indonesia is ready to operate its new US$350m Tuban II plant at the end of 2015, according to Indonesia Finance Today.
Kent Carson, finance director of Holcim, said that in the last three years, the company has aggressively expanded production by building the new Tuban I and II cement plants with a total investment of US$850m. The new plants have 12.5Mt/yr of combined cement production capacity. Holcim Indonesia plans to boost market penetration into a number of areas in East Java and outside Java areas such as in Kalimantan.
Diah Sasanawati, corporate communications manager of Holcim, said that in anticipation of the weakening domestic demand for cement, Holcim plans to export to Vietnam, the Philippines, and Africa. In 2015, the company lowered its annual capital spending by 25% year-on-year to US$250m.