Philippines: Cemex's cement mill completed

Cemex in the Philippines is providing cement for the Millennium Road Project. Part of a US$214 million infrastructure package that will connect 15 municipalities in Samar (a province in the Eastern Visayas region), phase one is scheduled for completion by November 2013.

Cemex’s APO cement plant in the Visayas will supply the required materials via its jetty port, considered the most modern facility of its type in the country to date. The Millennium Road Project’s first package comprises the rehabilitatio

Mexican cement giant Cemex says it is undertaking a new US$300 million investment in the Philippines. The significant investment will include the construction of a new 1.5-million-tonne, integrated cement-production line at Cemex’s Solid Plant in Luzon - doubling the capacity of the Solid plant and representing a 25% increase in the company’s Philippines’ cement capacity.

In a recent visit to the Philippines of Cemex CEO Fernando A. Gonzalez and his executive team, highlighted by a meeting with His Excel

In the Philippines, Cemex is to increase the price of its cement. The wholesale price for a bag of 50kg will increase from PHP 217 (€4.13/US$4.71) to PHP 227. Also, it is reported that Holcim Cement is looking to sell cement at PHP 212 a bag. Meanwhile, Rizal cement brand is being sold at PHP 217/bag.