Malaysia: UEM Group, an infrastructure and services conglomerate, is reported to be working with financial advisers on the potential sale of Cement Industries of Malaysia (CIMA), its Malaysia based producer and distributor of cement and ready-mixed concrete. UEM is seeking a valuation of about US$230m for CIMA, which has a cement capacity of 1.3Mt/yr. Persons close to the company indicated that other producers in the Malaysian cement market had shown interest in purchasing CIMA, although a representative for UEM Group declined to comment.
