Indonesia: Cement producer PT Semen Bosowa Maros has officially begun construction on a new US$310m clinker plant in South Sulawesi. The new plant, will be called Kiln Plant Line 2, and the entire site will have a production capacity of 5.2Mt/yr. The existing plant at the site has a capacity of 2.5Mt/yr. The plant is expected to be complete before the end of 2014.

"As of now, our cement production is 3.2Mt/yr, only about 6% of the national demand," said Bosowa Corporation chief executive officer Erwin Aksa. Higher clinker production is expected to help the company meet the country's growing cement demands.

Bosowa Corporation producers 2.2Mt at its Semen Bosowa Maros plant and 1Mt at its Batam-based PT Semen Bosowa Indonesia plant. The group is expected to have a production capacity of around 10Mt/yr in 2015. By then Indonesia's domestic demand is estimated to be 53Mt/yr.

Clinker produced by Kiln Plant Line 2 will be delivered to Bosowa's grinding plants. Semen Bosowa Maros is now developing new grinding plants in Banyuwangi in East Java, Cilegon in Banten, Sorong in West Papua and Amurang in North Sulawesi.

The Banyuwangi grinding plant will have a production capacity of 1.8Mt/yr with an investment of US$103m. It is scheduled to open before the end of 2013. The Cilegon grinding plant will have a production capacity of 1.8Mt/yr with an investment of US$103m. It is scheduled to open in 2014.