Holcim Philippines is pushing forward with the upgrades of its facilities in Luzon, with a view to better support construction activity in the island. In a recent press release, the company said it is installing new equipment and storage facilities to increase the annual cement production capacity of its La Union plant to 1.8 million tons next ...

In the past five years, the volume of cement imports entering the Philippines grew by about 295 percent per annum, soaring from just 3,558 metric tons …

Cement companies also point out that a healthy local cement manufacturing industry would be able to generate jobs in the country, with the Cement Manufacturers' Association of …

Leading cement maker Holcim Philippines Inc. has completed the expansion of its cement factory in Davao that will add 700,000 metric tons of annual cement-making capacity to …

Holcim Philippines said that its net sales fell by 12% to US$176m and it attributed it to lower public infrastructure spending, tighter industry competition and higher production expenses. Eagle Cement meanwhile, the fourth of the country's major producers, is preparing to float on the local stock market in May 2017 to fund an expansion drive.

The cement industry in the Philippines has been generating a lot of 'steam' in the past three months. Some of this has now come to a head in the last few weeks with the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) decision to impose tariffs on imported cement and the Philippine Competition Commission's (PCC) on-going investigation into alleged-anti-competitive behaviour.