Laos: Siam Cement Group (SGG) plans to start commercial operations at a 1.8Mt/yr cement plant it is building in the first quarter of 2017. Construction of the plant is nearly complete, according to the Bangkok Post. SCG's president and chief executive Roongrote Rangsiyopash said that half of the output from the plant in will be used locally and the rest would be exported to the north-east of Thailand. He added that Laos consumes about 400,000t/yr and that SCG expects demand to grow by 6 - 7% in 2017 due to state funded infrastructure projects.
Siam Cement Group to open Laos plant in early 2017
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