Malayan Cement Bhd Langkawi Cement Plant

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Malayan Cement Bhd Langkawi Cement Plant is an integrated cement plant operating in Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia[1]:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 6.420931, 99.765314 (exact)[2]

Background

Malayan Cement Bhd is the Malaysian operations of YTL Cement Group and the country’s leading building materials company. Malayan Cement Langkawi Cement Plant has the competitive advantage of exporting cement and clinker to South Asia via a strategic location differentiates from its peers in terms of logistics, cost efficiency, and wider market outreach[3]. The company has crafted a range of low-carbon cement products which contain up to 45% recycled materials, reducing 20-50% CO2 emissions compared to conventional cement[4].

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Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type Plant status Start date
integrated[1] operating[1] 1984[5]

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.
Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner name Owner company GEM ID
Malayan Cement Bhd [100.0%] E100002007040 [100.0%] Malayan Cement Bhd [100.0%][6] E100002007040 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities (million metric tonnes per annum)

Cement capacity Clinker capacity
3.30[7] 1.60[8]

Table 4: Cement Production (million metric tonnes per annum)

Primary cement color Primary cement type Clinker substitution rate 2024 -2025 Cement production
grey[9] blended[10] unknown unknown

Table 5: Clinker Production

Clinker production method Number of operating kilns (accuracy) Number of developing kilns (accuracy) Kiln technology - preheater Kiln technology - precalciner Kiln technology - waste heat recovery
dry[11] 2 (exact)[12] unknown yes[12] unknown yes[13]

Table 6: Green Cement Technology

CCS/CCUS Alternative fuel Clay calcination
no yes; industrial waste; biofuel[13] no

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.bondsupermart.com/bsm/article-detail/malayan-cement-s-completes-acquisition-of-ytl-cement-positioning-itself-for-market-leadership-RCMS_262545. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.ytlesolutions.com/iims2/ytlcommunity/upload/financialreports/MalayanCementSustainabilityReport2023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Bondsupermart". www.bondsupermart.com. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  4. Publicnow (2024-10-30). "Malayan Cement : Sustainability Report 2024". MarketScreener. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
  5. https://www.globalcement.com/magazine/articles/686-cement-in-malaysia. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) http://ytlcement.my/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LAFARGE-Annual-Report-2018-Full.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/international-minerals-statistics-and-information. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF). 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20260305191644/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-malaysia.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2026-03-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://ytlcement.my/product-filter?filter=0%3D%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522bag-cement%2522%252C%2522attribute%2522%253A%255B%2522general-purpose-bag-cement%2522%252C%2522plastering-bag-cement%2522%252C%2522precast-bag-cement%2522%252C%2522durability-marine-cem-bag%2522%255D%252C%2522option%2522%253A%255B%255D%257D%261%3D%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522attribute%2522%253A%255B%2522general-purpose-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522low-heat-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522high-strength-precast-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522durability-marine-structures-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522oil-well-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522soil-stabilisation-bulk-cement%2522%252C%2522concrete-pavement-bulk-cement%2522%255D%252C%2522option%2522%253A%255B%255D%257D%262%3D%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522eco-cement%2522%252C%2522attribute%2522%253A%255B%2522eco-friendly-eco-cement%2522%255D%252C%2522option%2522%253A%255B%255D%257D. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  11. SFI 2021
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