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Pamudji Rahardjo, the managing director of Semen Baturaja, said that the state cement company is targeting for sales of 1.75 million tonnes in 2016. During the first half of 2016, the company is hoping to achieve 45% of its annual target.

Oman Cement, which reported a net profit of OMR 3.84 million (€8.89 million/US$9.98 million) in the quarter ended 31 March 2016, will start operations at its new mill by the end of May, 2016.

The government of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, plans to start the PGK 1 billion (€284.64 million/US$319.74 million) Chimbu limestone project before developing a nearby PGK 13 million hydrodam. According to Chimbu Governor Noah Kool, Salini Impregilo, which is the company involved in the hydrodam project, has allocated PGK 1 billion to purchase cement for the dam project.

The Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) has predicted the cement demand in Indonesia will increase by 5% from 2015 to 63 million tonnes in 2016. Meanwhile, cement output capacity is estimated to reach over 100 million tonnes in the next several years due to the opening of new factories by local and foreign cement makers.

According to the Spanish association Anefhop, in 2015, production of concrete in the country increased by 2.7% on the previous year to 16.363 million m³. It was the first time in eight years that the industry registered an increase in outputs.

Lafarge intends to further increase its replacement rate of fossil energies on the biggest cement plant in France at Saint-Pierre-la-Cour. The replacement rate of those fossil fuels currently used could reach 83% thanks to a new shredded solid waste recovery workshop which was inaugurated in March 2016.

German building materials company HeidelbergCement has announced a project for sustainable cement making at its Lixhe facility in Belgium. The project, which has been granted funds worth €12 million (US$13.48 million) from the European Union, calls for the construction of a cutting-edge testing facility to study a new technology for the capture of CO2.

Turkish Sabanci Holding has merged its industry group and cement group departments.
The new department is now named the Industry Group and the head of the department is Mehmet Hacikamiloglu, who used to be the cement group department's president.