Semen Indonesia to set up cement plant in Jayapura

According to the Regent of Jayapura, Mathius Awoitauw, the regency has reached an agreement with Semen Indonesia to set up the first cement integrated plant in Papua. The US$150 million (€136.36 million) plant will have an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes. The cement demand in Papua in 2014 was at around 800,000tonnes. Ground-breaking is targeted for January 2016 and the plant is expected to be in operation by 2019.

April 8, 2015 Read time: 1 min

According to the Regent of Jayapura, Mathius Awoitauw, the regency has reached an agreement with 7818 Semen Indonesia to set up the first cement integrated plant in Papua.

The US$150 million (€136.36 million) plant will have an annual capacity of 1 million tonnes.

The cement demand in Papua in 2014 was at around 800,000tonnes.

Ground-breaking is targeted for January 2016 and the plant is expected to be in operation by 2019.

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Semen Indonesia seeks IDR 840bn loans for cement plant

Bank loans worth between IDR 600 billion (€39.29 million/US$50.20 million) and IDR 840 billion are being sought by Indonesia-based cement manufacturer Semen Indonesia for financing the set-up of a new cement plant in Papua's Jayapura.

The company will likely secure the loans in 2015, while the plant will commence construction in 2015. The plant is worth IDR 1.2 trillion and it will be Papua's first cement plant. The plant will be able to manufacture between 600,000tonnes and 1 million tonnes of cement.

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