Cement News tagged: International
Colombian cement market contracts 5% in May
Colombian cement deliveries in May slipped 5.3 per cent YoY in May, totalling 1.129Mt, according to the country’s statistics office, Dane. Output from Colombian cement factories fell 6.4 per cent to 1.057Mt. In the year to date, domestic dispatches remained stable at 5.056Mt while in the June 2015-May 2016 period increased 4.5 per cent to 12.808Mt.
Indonesia cement demand rises 3% in May
Indonesia’s cement market continues to expand, according to official Indonesian cement industry statistics. In addition, the country is shipping increasing volumes of clinker although cement exports have fallen. In May demand reached 5,133,863t, up three per cent YoY. Cement exports rose 18.3 per cent YoY and clinker exports doubled to 114,000t during the period. Total domestic output reach...
Spain: cement demand down 7.5% YoY
Spanish cement consumption saw a 7.5 per cent YoY drop in May 2016 to 965,465t, according to the latest figures published by Oficemen, the country’s cement association. In the first five months of the year, the domestic market contracted 2.7 per cent when compared to the same period in 2015. Total demand in Spain is 4.47Mt. Oficemen attributes the fall to national budget deficits and th...
Pakistan: rising coal prices trouble cement sector
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has called on the government to remove import duties on coal following a 16 per cent rise in price, The Nation reports. The cement industry is Pakistan’s main consumer of imported coal, accounting for 95 per cent of the total. A spokesperson for the APCMA said: “Our all efforts to reduce production costs faded away when the governmen...
Brazil: Votorantim opens BRL860m plant
Votorantim Cimentos opened its 1.2Mta cement plant in Primavera, Pará yesterday. Votorantim expects the plant to reach 50-60 per cent capacity this year. The new works cost BRL860m (US$257.9m) and was planned almost five years ago. The new operation is part of Votorantim's expansion plan, aiming to increase its global capacity to approximately 59Mta by year end 2018. This expansion plan ad...
Ukraine: cement production in May rises 6.7%
Ukraine's State Statistics Service reports that in May 2016, production increased by 6.7 per cent compared to April. For the period January-May 2016 cement production increased by 11.4 per cent against January-May 2015 to 3.24Mt. However, production of cement in May decreased by 0.8 per cent when compared to 875,000t in May 2015. The Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, in April, the ...
Azerbaijan: Cement production drops by 30% in year to May
Cement production in Azerbaijan has fallen by 30.3 per cent for the five months to May 2016, Azer press reports. The national statistics committee put the decline in output down to lower public and private sector spending. Production of concrete fell by 60 per cent, to 177,000t. Azerbaijan produced 829,000t of cement in the first five months of the year. Clinker imports also fell by 55 p...
Iran: Turkmenistan exports reach US$1bn
Deputy Minister of Industry, Valiollah Afkhamirad has said that the country's exports to Turkmenistan have reached US$1bn. He added that Tehran is seeking now more than ever to secure its position in the Ashgabat market. According to Mr Afkhamirad, Iran holds the highest record of exports to Turkmenistan among the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Uganda's cement output slows
Uganda’s cement industry has seen a sudden reverse in prospects as the country’s Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) warned of lower cement production during the months of March and April 2016 and a drop off construction sector activity. Domestic cement producers have been reporting higher costs of production following the election, and depreciation of the Ugandan shilling (UGX) as reasons for the ...
Ghana: Dangote aims to speed up expansion work
Dangote Cement Ghana Ltd hopes to quickly complete its new plant being built in Takoradi and in addition to the expanded facility in Tema to increase its silo capacity beyond the current 21,000t. Mr Etornam Komla Buami, the media relations manager of Dangote Cement Ghana said: "The demand for Dangote Cement is increasing by the day and we have no choice than to speed up our expansion works. T...
Syria: Lafarge protected interests from ISIS
According to French newspaper Le Monde, Lafarge entered into deals with armed groups in Syria, including the Islamic State, to protect its staff and business interests in the country. Lafarge is yet to respond to queries from Agence France-Presse (AFP), saying only that "Lafarge's absolute priority has always been ensuring the safety and security of its staff." The Jalabiya cement works, si...
Philippines: Bullish Ordoñez opens Cemtech Asia
The Philippines will see cement consumption continue its upward momentum as the incoming Duterte administration maintains its predecessor's focus on public works. That was the message delivered by the President of the Philippines Cement Manufacturers Association (CeMAP), Ernesto Ordoñez, in the opening session of the Cemtech Asia 2016 conference in Manila. Ordoñez spoke of his recent meet...
Indonesia: Semen Indonesia looks to international markets
Amid prospects of disappointing revenue growth in the domestic market, Semen Indonesia is looking offshore to expand its sales figures. Newly appointed head of PT Semen Indonesia, Rizkan Chandra has said that he wants to raise the company’s sales outside of Indonesia from 5.2 per cent of revenue in 2015 to 10-15 per cent over the next three years. In an interview Mr Chandra said operations m...
Nepal: planned entry of foreign cement giants
The proposed entry of foreign cement manufacturers into the Nepalese market has set off an expansion drive amongst domestic producers. Dangote Cement of Nigeria, Reliance Cement of India and Hongshi and Huaxin of China have all been given necessary approvals to begin operations in Nepal. The combined FDI for these companies amounts to US$1.45bn and the total proposed output stands at 22,000...
Paraguay: INC undergoes maintenance work
Paraguayan cement company Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will carry out maintenance work in Villeta for six days, suspending production there from 20 June 2016. The cement producer does not expet the maintenance work to affect cement supply. The firm is still going head with a number of projects that will save it a substantial sum each year, reports Esmkla.
Peru: Unacem invests in power projects
Unacem will invest in two separate power generation projects in 2016. Through Compania Electrica El Platanal it will invest in Carpapata III in its plant in Condorcocha in Junin. It will also invest US$60m (EUR 53.18m) in a hydroelectric plant in Maranon that is due to begin operations in 2016.