KOTA KINABALU: Cement Industries (Sabah) Sdn Bhd’s (CIS) plant at Sepanggar Bay has clarified that it had a major main machinery breakdown in October 2023 that reduced its production capacity by 40% from 2,400 tonnes per day to 1,400 tonnes per day.
General Manager Hj. Sumardi Mohd Yusof said this contributed to the disruption of the cement supply.
“The repair works took one month to complete and the plant operation resumed its normal operation in early November.
“CIS has since increased its
cement delivery to clear the backlog orders,” he said in a statement, here today.
Sumardi said the supply was also interrupted due to delays in raw materials and bulk cement shipments’ arrival arising from bad weather at the loading port in Peninsular Malaysia and Vietnam.
“CIS is increasing its production and cement delivery to the market by bringing in more raw materials and bulk cement shipments and extending its delivery operation including Sunday and Public Holidays to ensure that all the state cement requirements are fulfilled,” he added.
