By Catherine Talavera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated June 7, 2017 - 12:00am
Coron, Palawan, Philippines – DMCI
Holdings Inc. is eyeing to invest around $300 million to put up a cement plant
in Semirara Island, in a bid to grow the company’s offerings.
In an interview over the weekend,
DMCI chairman Isidro Consunji told reporters the potential cement plant on
Semirara Island in Antique would have a capacity of around 2.3 to 2.4 million
metric tons (MT) per year.
This will translate to a production
capacity of around 5,000 MT a day.
The proposed cement plant will be
near the mining site of its subsidiary, Semirara Mining Corp.
The company earlier revealed plans
to invest in two thermal power plants near the cement plant and grinding
facilities in Calaca, Batangas and Iloilo and Zamboanga, each with a capacity
of 400,000 MT.
Asked where the company will sell
its produced cement, Consunji said more than half would be
DMCI executive vice president and
chief finance officer Herbert Consunji said the power plants would have
combined capacity of around 40 megawatts (MW).
He said it would take more than
three years to put up the power plant.
The CFO said the company’s venture
into the cement business is in line with diversifying its business to grow the
company.
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