Indonesia: PT Semen Indonesia's sales in the January 2013 to April 2013 period reached 7.91Mt, a year-on-year rise of 19% from 6.65Mt compared to the same period of 2012. PT Semen Indonesia's sales rose by far more than the national average for all cement producers, which grew by 8.6% over the same time period.
The company's cement sales in Kalimantan rose by 11.4% in the period of January to April 2013, reaching 1.47Mt. The highest sales growth rate, 23.1% year-on-year was recorded in Nusa Tenggara. The company said that the cement market in Kalimantan was still full of potential and continued to grow in line with increasing infrastructure development in the region.
In South Kalimantan sales by PT Semen Indonesia Group (Semen Gresik and Semen Tonasa) in the same time period rose from 108,470t to 112,770t.