Holcim Indonesia’s new plant in Tuban

A new US$800 million (€702.42 million) cement plant in Indonesia's Tuban of East Java has been inaugurated by Holcim Indonesia. The plant was launched to bolster the company's market grip in certain regions of the nation and areas targeted for distribution of products from the plant include Sumatra, East Java and Kalimantan. The cement maker's existing capacity will be boosted to 12.5 million tonnes/year with the Tuban plant, which was designed to have a cement production capacity of 3.4 million tonne

August 26, 2015 Read time: 1 min

A new US$800 million (€702.42 million) cement plant in Indonesia's Tuban of East Java has been inaugurated by 680 Holcim Indonesia.

The plant was launched to bolster the company's market grip in certain regions of the nation and areas targeted for distribution of products from the plant include Sumatra, East Java and Kalimantan.

The cement maker's existing capacity will be boosted to 12.5 million tonnes/year with the Tuban plant, which was designed to have a cement production capacity of 3.4 million tonnes/year.

According to the CEO of Holcim Indonesia Gary Schutz, the Tuban plant will help reduce distribution costs and back an even cement supply to the eastern regions in Indonesia.

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Indonesia’a Holcim aims for Tuban Plant I to start grinding clinker

According to Indriani Siswati from Holcim Indonesia, the cedment company is aiming for its Plant I in Tuban to start grinding clinker t the end June 2014 and for the plant to be commissioned in August 2014.

The plant is presently producing cement but the clinker is being supplied from Cilacap. The output from the plant with capacity of 1.7 million tonnes will be for the Sumatra and East Indonesia market.

The company has a total annual production capacity of 9.1 million tonnes. The firm's Tuban II plan

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Gary Schutz, the president of Holcim Indonesia, is reported as saying that the cement company has reported cement sales of 2.67 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2016, up 41% from a year ago.

Sales grew by 24% to IDR 2.45 trillion (€161.95 million/US$184.38 million).

National demand for cement grew by 4% during the quarter.

The company is projecting that cement sales will grow by 5% in 2016 to 63 million tonnes/year.

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