KUALA LUMPUR: Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMS) is looking at doubling its current cement division’s production at the Bintulu grinding plant, according to sources, as the conglomerate plans to ride on the construction of Indonesia’s new capital Nusantara. The Bintulu grinding plant in Sarawak has an annual production capacity of 750,000 tonnes. The group’s cement division encompassed CMS Cement Sdn Bhd, CMS Cement Industries Sdn Bhd and CMS Concrete Products Sdn Bhd and it is Sarawak’s sole cement and clinker manufacturer. The cement plants are the Mambong integrated plant, and grinding plants in Pending and Bintulu and their combined annual production capacity for cement is 2.75 million tonnes. Sources also said CMS was also looking at riding on the increasing demand for phosphate products, via its stake in subsidiary Malaysian Phosphate Additives (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (MPAS) which is the first integrated phosphate complex in Malaysia.

Source: The Star July 19, 2022 22:55 UTC