Indonesia: Semen Indonesia Group has focused on the domestic cement market in the first half of 2022 due to the better availability of coal supplies. Its revenue fell by 2.1% year-on-year to US$1.07bn in the first half of 2022 from US$1.09bn in the same period in 2021. Its earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) remained stable at US$237m. Overall sales volumes of cement dropped by 12% to 17Mt from 19.3Mt. However, domestic sales volumes fell by 2.6% to 14Mt but overseas sales fell by 39% to 3Mt. The group also raised its prices twice in the reporting period to further shore up revenue.
