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Indonesia at the crossroads

1 GDP development and construction growth Central Bank of Indonesia
2 Development of the cement demand ASI, OneStone Research
3 Development of the cement production ASI, OneStone Research
4 Development of cement and clinker exports ASI, OneStone Research
5 Projection of the cement demand Semen Indonesia
6 Market share of ­cement producers 2013 OneStone Research
7 Tuban IV cement plant Semen Indonesia
8 Cement transhipment Semen Indonesia
9 Tarjun cement plant HeidelbergCement
10 RMC plant in ­Indonesia HeidelbergCement
11 Tuban 1 cement plant Holcim
12 Banda Aceh cement plant Lafarge
13 Jui Shin cement plant during construction Garuda Cement
14 Development of capacity additions Semen Indonesia
15 Capacity growth by year Semen Indonesia
16 Capacity additions by year OneStone Research
Cement plant Citeureup HeidelbergCement

Indonesia’s cement growth rate cooled down to just 5.5 % last year after double-digit growth rates for the two previous years. Now for the next few years a 6 % annual increase in the demand for cement is projected. With this reduced expectation plans for new plants to increase cement capacity have been adjusted. In this article the latest projections are given.

1 Introduction

After the presidential election in July this year, there are high expectations that Joko Widobo, Indonesia’s most popular politician and his Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in coalition with the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura), National Democratic Party and National Awakening Party will be able to bring the country back to sustainable growth. At the end of the second term of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who had been in power since 2004, Indonesia’s economic growth had flagged, investments decreased, inflation and current account deficit increased and a lack...

TEXT Dr. Joachim Harder, OneStone Consulting S.L., Barcelona/Spain

This article appeared in

ZKG 09/2014

This article appeared in

ZKG 09/2014

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