Cement News tagged: International
Gabon sees 6% market contraction
Cement sales in Gabon reached 245,530t, a drop of 5.5 per cent YoY by the end of September 2017. The volume represents a revenue of XAF18.18bn (US$34.4m), down 9.9 per cent, according to the Ministry of Economy and Fiscal Policy. Output during this period stood at 250,058t, a decrease of 5.7 per cent following the stoppage of the Cimgabon plant and strong imports from China. However, the th...
Ukraine cement output rises to 9.3Mt in 2017
Ukraine’s cement producers increase their production by 2.3 per cent YoY to 9.307Mt in 2017, according to the country’s State Statistics Service. In December output reached 0.46Mt, representing a fall of 1.4 per cent YoY and 37.8 per cent MoM. Cement production in 2016 stood at 9.096Mt, up 7.1 per cent when compared with 2015, according to the Ukrainian News Agency.
Pakistan exports fall 16% in 1HFY18
The volume of cement exports from Pakistan fell by 16.04 per cent YoY in the first half of the current financial year (July-Dec 2017). Data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics shows that Pakistan exported 2.35Mt of cement in the period, compared to 2.80Mt of the 1HFY17. The value of the cement exports decreased by 18.57 per cent, to US$118.5m from US$145.6m of the year-ago period. I...
Masaiti plant will need to relocate households
ZCCM Investment Holding (IH) Cement has had to defend the construction of a US$600m cement plant in Masaiti District on the Copperbelt province, Zambia. Some 47 households are expected to be displaced to pave way for the construction of the plant. ZCCM Investment Holding (IH) Cement Stirring Committee Chairperson, Mwila Lumbwe, said ZCCM-IH is partnering with Central African Cement Ltd, ...
Power disruption to lead to demise of Araniko Cement
Nepal’s Araniko Cement Industry has faced disruption of its power supply in the past seven months and the company is now reported to be on the verge of collapse unless urgent action is taken to restore its power supply, reports New Business Age. Torrential rains and floods in August have destroyed power infrastructure in the area of Jitpur, Bara, where the cement plant is located. Nepal Elec...
Iraq plans sell off of damaged cement factories
Iraqi Minister of Industry, Mohammad Sudani, has announced plans to sell off destroyed or damaged cement factories and oil refineries in northern Iraq that were caught up in the war against Islamic State (IS). At a recent international conference held in Kuwait, the minister prepared a file of the damaged factories to show to potential investors, reports Kuwait News Agency (KNA). The Kuwai...
Nepal cement manufacturers ordered to decrease prices
The government of Nepal has directed cement companies to decrease the price of cement within three days, reports myRepública. This follows a price hike of 10-16 per cent in some regions, while factory input cost has only increased 7-9 per cent. "This is the case of the artificial price hike. That is why we have asked cement manufacturers to roll back the price hike decision within three days...
Uzbekistan: Sherabad works holds foundation ceremony
The foundation ceremony for Popcement, an Uzbek-Chinese-Arab joint venture was held in Sherabad, Namangan region, Uzbekistan. The project represents an investment of US$50m. The initial production capacity of the new Sherabad plant is expected to be 0.5Mta, but it is expected to increase to 1.5Mta of Portland cement from 2019.
India becomes second-largest market for Pakistani cement exporters
Pakistan’s cement exports to India grew by 26.3 per cent in FY17. Since beginning in 2010, India has become the second-largest market for cement exporters, with a 27 per cent share of the total exports from Pakistan in FY17. Elsewhere, exports to Pakistan’s largest market, Afghanistan, fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2017. This has been attributed to a large portion of Afghanistan’s...
OAO Belarusian Cement Plant shows potential
OAO Belarusian Cement Plant, part of the Belarusian Cement Company, has potential for development. The Belarusian economy minister, Vladimir Zinovsky, made this statement when he visited the plant on Saturday, according to BelTA. The minister also noted that the business can grow through cost reduction efforts and by introducing new competitive products with a high added value. Mr Zinovsky ...
Pakistan: no dismantling of cement plants around Katas Raj
Pakistan’s Supreme Court will not issue any order to dismantle existing cement plants as output from the facilities will be required for the ongoing China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, said Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. The Supreme Court's attention was drawn towards the holy pond, part of the Katas Raj temple complex, which is drying out due to water consumption by nearby cement factori...
Morocco’s cement demand declines 3% in 2017
The Moroccan cement market contracted 2.5 per cent to 13,791,222t in 2017 when compared 14,151,095t in 2016, according to the country’s cement association, APC. The fall takes consumption to the lowest level in a decade. Major demand areas such as Casablanca-Settat and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima saw significant declines in consumption. Casablanca-Settat noted a 4.2 per cent YoY fall to 3,03...
French cement market expands 3% in 2017
The French cement market grew by 3-4 per cent in 2017, according to estimates by the French cement association SFIC. "2017 was the year of the recovery, with renewed dynamism in the construction sector," said SFIC President, Bénédicte de Bonnechose, at the Cement Industry Meetings. "We expect to grow our markets for 2017 by around 3-4%," she added. In 2016 cement demand in France reached...
Puerto Rican cement sales fell 11% in 2017
Cement sales in Puerto Rico decreased by 11.2 per cent in 2017, seeing declines in September, October, November and December, reports Sin Comillas. The fall in sales has been attributed to a weak economy following the passing of hurricanes Irma and Maria, but sales have declined since 2013. In 2016 they decreased by 12.3 per cent, following reductions of 8.5 and 9.8 per cent in 2015 and 201...
Peru's cement market ends year on positive note
December 2017 was a positive month for Peru's cement production and dispatches, although volumes remained insufficient to reverse the accumulated fall in 2017, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. In December 2017 the Peruvian cement market expanded 6.3 per cent YoY and 3.8 per cent MoM to 936,000t when compared with 881,000t in December 2016 and 902,000t in November 2017....
Lack of uptake of Egyptian cement licences
Egypt’s Industrial Development Authority (IDA) has not received any requests to obtain 11 cement plant licences, which were re-offered by the authority a year ago despite eight local and foreign companies purchased the statements of work before the end of December 2017, according to sources quoted in Arab Finance. The IDA offered 14 licences in 2016 to build new cement plants or expand oper...