Cement News tagged: International
Peru first-quarter dispatches up 10.8%
Cement dispatches from the Peruvian market reached 2,476,577t in the first quarter of 2013, representing a YoY rise of 10.8 per cent on the same period of last year (2,235,485t). Of the total dispatches in the first quarter of this year, 2.42Mt were destined for the domestic market while cement exports accounted for the remaining 55,204t. Production during the January-March 2013 period w...
Philippine cement sales rise 3.4% in 1Q13
Philippine cement sales in the first quarter of 2013 rose 3.4 per cent YoY to 4.787Mt, according to the head of the Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines. First-quarter cement sales were also up from the fourth quarter sales of 4.409Mt, CeMAP President Ernesto M. Ordoñez, told the Business Recorder. Filipino cement demand recovered in 2012 from its “slump” in 2011 when the...
Tamil Nadu Cement Corp to upgrade Ariyalur plant, India
The Tamil Nadu Cement Corp is planning to expand its Ariyalur cement plant in the state of Tamil Nadu, as well undertaking a number of environmental and energy improvement measures. Tamil Nadu Cement Corp has two cement factories at Alangulam and Ariyalur. The Alangulam unit is to be modernised at a cost of INR195 crore including INR50 crore for mine development. It will receive INR95 cror...
HeidelbergCement increases holding in Russian cement company
HeidelbergCement has increased its holding in the Russian cement company CJSC “Construction Materials” from 51 per cent to 100 per cent. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The purchase of the stake is included in the HeidelbergCement capital expenditure plan. CJSC “Construction Materials”, located in Sterlitamak, is the market leader in the Russian republic of Bashk...
Vietnam first-quarter cement sales slip
Vietnam sold 9.48Mt of cement in the first quarter of this year, down slightly from 9.57Mt in the same period of last year, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said. The decline was attributed to a stagnant real estate market, according to the MoC. The three-month figure accounted for 19.5 per cent of the country’s full-year target, the ministry said on its website late Wednesday. In t...
Catalonia output declines, Jan-March 2013
Cement output in Catalonia stood at 474,832t for January-March 2013, down 42.7 per cent on the year, data from the local cement makers' association Ciment Catala showed. According to the association, this year will be the sixth year in a row with a drop in the output with exports also in decline. (Source: Expansion)
Spanish monthly consumption down 40% YoY
Cement consumption in Spain continues descending with demand in March 2013 down 40 per cent YoY, according to the latest data released by domestic cement association Oficemen. Cement demand plummeted by more than half a million tonnes last month to 778,568t, compared to March 2012. Accumulated figures for the first quarter of 2013 also paint a grim picture, with consumption at 2.535Mt, d...
Sri Lanka Cement Corp plans to reopen Kankesanthurai Cement Factory
Sri Lanka Cement Corporation is moving towards reopening of the Kankesanthurai Cement Factory which was damaged during the civil war. The state-owned Sri Lanka Cement Corporation controls the defunct Kankesanthurai Cement Works in Jaffna, once a major force in the economy of the north and has been the object of repeated proposals for revival. Speaking to the Ceylon Daily News, State Reso...
Ecuador first-quarter cement sales rise 10.5% YoY
Domestic cement sales on the Ecuadorian market in the first quarter of 2013 rose by 10.5 per cent YoY while March sales almost reached the half-a-million-tonne mark. Dispatches for the three months to 31 March 2013 were 1.485Mt compared to 1.344Mt in the same period of 2012, according to the latest statistics from the country's cement association Inecyc. In March alone, sales reached 499...
Euro area construction output down by 0.8%
Construction output in the euro area declined for the fourth consecutive month in February, the latest data from Eurostat shows. Construction in the euro zone decreased 0.8 per cent from January, when it fell 2.1 per cent, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said yesterday. The January figure was revised lower from an initial estimate of a 1.4 per cent drop. However, from a...
Jaiprakash in new attempt to sell Gujarat assets, India
Jaiprakash Associates is reportedly planning to sell its Gujarat-based cement units within a few weeks in an effort to reduce debt. According to reports by the Business Standard of India, the Gujarat cement assets are expected to be sold for INR4000 crore. Earlier, the group was in talks with the Birlas to sell the cement units, however, as its expected valuation of US$170/t was deemed too h...
Saudi orders cement imports to meet shortages
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has ordered 10Mt of cement to be imported into the kingdom to meet cement shortages and the construction of more cement plants over the medium-term is also being encouraged. Citing trade minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah, the Saudi Press Agency, reports that King Abdullah wants three to four cement plants to be built over the next three years and has granted SAR3bn to...
Brazilian first-quarter cement sales decline
Cement sales in Brazil reached 16.1Mt in the first quarter of 2013, a decline of 1.9 per cent from the same period of last year, latest data from local association SNIC shows. The decline in sales confirms a deceleration trend compared to the quarterly expansions seen in 2012 which rose 13.7 per cent, 5.9 per cent, five per and 4.1 per cent in the 1Q-4Q12, respectively. In March 2013 alo...
Vicem sales rise 19.2% in first three months of year
Vietnam’s leading cement producer Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem) reported a 19.2 per cent YoY rise as domestic shipments increased but exports declined. The state-run cement corporation said it sold 4.91Mt of cement and clinker in the first quarter of 2013, rising 19.2 per cent YoY. Of the total, 4.87Mt was sold in the domestic market, up 28 per cent YoY, while 44,000t of cement was ex...
Argentina sees strong monthly rise in shipments
Argentine cement factories shipped 938,872t in March 2013 (including exports), representing an 11.9 per cent increase compared to February, latest data from local cement association AFCP shows. However, on an annual basis, shipments declined 3.5 per cent compared to March 2012. Dispatches of AFCP members destined for the internal market, including imports, reached 915,326t , which sho...
Iranian full-year cement production rises 5.7%
During the Iranian year ending 20 March 2013, the country produced 70.26Mt, which represented growth of 5.7 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year (66.44Mt). Clinker production, meanwhile, rose 4.54 per cent YoY to 70.44Mt from 67.38Mt in the same period of last year. During the year just ended, Abyek Cement Company was the biggest Iran’s cement player, with producing...