Cement News tagged: International
Vietnam 1Q exports rise 11% YoY
Vietnam exported 4.82Mt of cement and clinker worth US$168.65m in the first quarter of this year, representing 11 per cent increase YoY in volume and 6.4 per cent in value, according to the latest data of the General Department of Vietnam Customs. In March the country’s clinker and cement exports rose 7.8 per cent from February in volume and 7.6 per cent in value to 1.8Mt worth US$62.67m, th...
Iraq and Pakistan discuss co-operation for cement industry
Iraq and Pakistan have discussed close mutual cooperation in the areas of cement, trade and commerce. While meeting Shamim Ahmed Firpo, president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on 12 April, Ambassador of Iraq in Pakistan, Dr Ali Yasin Mohammed Karim, said that some factories including 18 cement plants were available in Iraq, but they were not working properly as com...
Indian Railways to cut fees to win back cement business
In response to cement producers shifting away from transporting their output by rail, Indian Railways has announced that it plans to reduces charges for firms that can guarantee that at least a specified volume of freight goes by rail, Mint reports. In January 2017 Indian Railways carried around 6Mt of cement, down 15 per cent YoY. Higher freight charges have been blamed for the decline, wi...
Caribbean Cement to upgrade packaging equipment
Caribbean Cement Company has said that equipment upgrades required in the packing area will be undertaken over the weekend. The work will improve efficiency and consistent packaging of the company’s products. Hardware merchants and dealers last week reported that they were unable to meet demand because of a lack of supply from the cement producer. Corporate Communication and Public Relat...
Pakistan nine-month sales up 7% YoY
Cement sales in Pakistan increased by seven per cent YoY in the first nine months of the current fiscal to reach 30.304Mt, latest data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) reveals. Of this total, domestic demand was up by 11 per cent but exports fell by 15 per cent. I n March 2017 alone, sales almost totalled 4Mt versus 3.583Mt in the same period a year earlier. Howe...
Bangladesh: Meghna Cement Mills to raise capacity
Meghna Cement Mills, part of the Bashundhara Group, plans to increase grinding capacity at its Bangladesh-based plant with the installation of a vertical roller mill. The company, which sells its cement under the King brand, has reportedly signed a contract with FLSmidth for supply of the mill, according to a report by the Daily Star (Bangladesh). The cement producer expects that the investm...
Bhutan reportedly experiencing delivery delays
With demand for cement rising in Bhutan, two of the countries leading cement manufacturers have been unable to deliver product to their customers on time, according to local press reports. In Phuentsholing, cement agents have been complaining about delivery delays from Penden Cement Authority Ltd (PCAL). Cement agents told national newspaper Kuensel that: “It has been difficult to get enough ...
Irish Cement defends waste fuel plan
Irish Cement has defended its plans to burn up to 90,000tpa of waste materials following concerns by local residents over the health and safety impact of the development. Brian Gilmore, head of communications with Irish Cement, said that the company’s EUR10m plant to burn waste at its Limerick plant will be “no health and safety risks, or concerns."The environmental regulations that are there...
Carib Cement implements temporary measures to address Jamaica cement shortage
Carib Cement, Jamaica’s sole cement producer, has said it is implementing a number of measures to overcome a domestic cement shortage after mechanical problems in the packaging area caused operations to be disrupted. The cement producer has confirmed reports that had reached The Sunday Gleaner (Jamaica) of a shortage of cement on the Caribbean island. The daily newspaper had been informed by...
Saudi cement sales down 20% in March
Cement sales in Saudi Arabia declined by 19.5 per cent in March, according to the monthly report issued by Yamama Cement Company (YCC) and published in local press. Cement sales totalled 4.17Mt, down from 5.85Mt in March 2016. Total production also declined by 16.2 per cent in March and reached 4.88Mt compared to 5.82Mt for the same month in 2016. Cement inventories increased by 41.3 per...
Nepal Cement Manufacturers Association to review price hike
The Nepal Cement Manufacturers Association has agreed to review the recent hike in domestic cement prices, The Kathmandu Post reports. Earlier last week Industry Minister Nagendra Raj Joshi had requested that cement manufacturers review the recent hike which has seen prices increase by NPR20-25/bag. In a follow-up meeting called by Joshi on Sunday, the manufacturers said they are committed ...
Pakistan: capacity utilisation exceeds 100 per cent in March
According to figures released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA), cement dispatches for March 2017 reached 3.9Mt, up 23 per cent YoY with the industry running at full capacity during the month, reports the Daily Times. The rise in dispatches has been entirely driven by higher domestic consumption. In the nine months of the current Pakistani fiscal year, domestic de...
Positive outlook for 2017 despite rising energy costs
LafargeHolcim, HeidelbergCement and CRH are optimistic about their global outlook in 2017, despite the challenge presented by rising energy costs. Positive output forecasts in developing markets such as India as well as Europe are expected to support demand for petcoke and other solid fuels. Ireland-based CRH said in its 4Q16 earnings call that it expects energy prices to increase this y...
China: new economic zone to boost cement companies' shares
When the Shanghai stock market opens on Wednesday next week it is expected to see cement company shares rocket on the back of the announcement of a new Chinese economic zone outside Beijing at Xiongan New Area. The special economic zone will be three-times the size of New York with apartments and wetlands in northern Hebei province. The zone will be 100km southwest of Beijing and will cover ...
US and Puerto Rico January shipments edge ahead
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in January 2017 totalled about 5.4Mt, up by 2.9 per cent YoY, latest data from the USGS shows. The leading cement-producing states for Portland blended cement in January 2017 were Texas, California, Florida, Missouri and Alabama, in descending order. The leading cement-consuming states (Texas, California, Flo...
Argentina's cement producers set new March dispatch record
Argentina’s cement companies dispatched 1,032,119t of cement in March 2017, surpassing the previous record of March shipments, set in 2015 when 979,452t were delivered to customers. The latest delivery volume is 15.5 per cent higher YoY and 28.7 per cent above the February 2017 level, according to AFCP, the country’s cement association. For the first quarter of the year, dispatches are ...