• PT Semen Indonesia (Persero)

Tbk (SMGR) complained about

the difficulty of access to
distribution in Papua. This makes
logistics costs high which impacts
on the high prices of commodity
goods.
• PT Semen Gresik Tbk (SMGR) Source : Kemendag
continues to expand its business.
It is planned that the cement
BUMN will build a packing plant
in Sorong, Papua. The factory is
targeted to operate in August
2012 with funds of Rp100 billion.
• Chair of the Indonesian
Cement Association (ASI).
Urip emphasized that the
price of cement in Papua
would remain high if there
were no improvements in
infrastructure conditions in
the region. "So before
building a factory, what must
be done is to improve Source : Kemendag

infrastructure facilities," said

Urip.
 Source : Kemendag
• Now in Sorong, Papua have a
packaging industries, but
their supplay come from Java
and Sulawesi.
• In every day, the Semen
Indonesia in Sorong
packaging plant is able to
produce 400 tons of
packaging for the Semen
Gresik and Semen Tonasa
brands.