Indonesia to become No.1 Asia cement producer

Indonesia is expected to be emerge as the largest cement producer in Asia in 2017, according to the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). The ASI says the country will have eight new cement factories with a capacity of 24 million tonnes that will be operational by that year. Also, the ASI predicts that cement sales will rise by 2% to 61.08 million tonnes in 2015 from 59.9 million tonnes in 2014.
September 30, 2015 Read time: 1 min

Indonesia is expected to be emerge as the largest cement producer in Asia in 2017, according to the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). The ASI says the country will have eight new cement factories with a capacity of 24 million tonnes that will be operational by that year. Also, the ASI predicts that cement sales will rise by 2% to 61.08 million tonnes in 2015 from 59.9 million tonnes in 2014.

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