Cement News tagged: International
CCP finds evidence of cartelisation in Pakistan
The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has finalised an inquiry report that shows evidence of cartelisation by the cement sector, reports Dawn. The inquiry report was finalised for All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) members in the northern region of the country, as the Sindh High Court had restrained the CCP from using material collected from cement companies in the...
WCA holds its 4th General Assembly meeting
On 10 December the World Cement Association (WCA) held its 4th General Assembly Meeting in which it assessed the industry's challenges due to COVID-19 as well as the WCA's current priorities and the new industry patterns emerging post-COVID-19. " Globally, the pandemic continues at large due to multiple factors such as the downplay of the pandemic, slow response, or lack of mature p...
Georgia sees production fall 6% in 1H20
Georgia manufactured 1.06Mt of cement worth GEL152m (US$46.2m) in January-June 2020, down 6.2 per cent YoY from 1.13Mt in the year-ago period, according to GBC News. The country also imported 570,000t of cement in the first nine months of 2020.
Puerto Rican cement sales advance 2% in November
Cement sales in Puerto Rico edged up two per cent in November 2020 to 46,901t from 46,048t in November 2019, according to Sin Comillas. The latest data indicates a levelling off of market expansion, which had seen double-digit growth between June and September. Local cement production declined by 60.7 per cent to 18m377t in November 2020, representing the fourth-consecutive drop.
Balochistan seeks investment in new cement plants
Currently, DG Khan and Attock Cement are the only cement plants in Hub, Balochistan, but the government of Balochistan is considering inviting foreign and local investors to establish new cement plants in Pakistan’s largest province. The provincial government through the Chief Minister Office, Board of Investment & Trade (BBOIT) is seeking Expressions of Interest (EoI) in the form of Co...
Moroccan cement demand up 7% in November
Cement sales in Morocco increased 6.7 per cent YoY to 1,107,370t in November 2020 from 1,038,250t in November 2019, according to the Ministry of National Land Use, Urbanisation and Housing. Sales in the key retail segment advanced 9.3 per cent YoY to 745,592t while the ready-mix concrete sector saw a 2.2 per cent drop in offtake. The building and infrastructure markets saw an increase of 13....
Sri Lanka sees production up 9% in 9M20
Sri Lanka has seen domestic cement production rise 28.7 per cent YoY to 375,000t in September. In August production was up by 17.4 per cent YoY to 392,000t. Overall, cement production increased 8.5 per cent to 2.82Mt in the first nine months of 2020, compared to 2.6Mt in the same period of last year. Meanwhile, cement imports declined 19.7 per cent in September to 300,000t from 374,000t ...
Brazil’s cement market expands 12% in November
Brazilian cement sales in November totalled 5.315Mt, representing an increase of 11.7 per cent when compared with November 2019, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. Sales in November advanced 8.6 per cent YoY to 2.397Mt in the key southeast region while in the northeast, the country’s second-largest market, they were up 10.4 per cent YoY to 1.125Mt. In the south offtake incr...
Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce proposes concessionary electricity rates
Pakistan’s cement sector has approached the country’s Ministry of Commerce to request that the cement sector be declared a partial export industry. The sector also proposed incentivising electricity rates to the extent of the energy consumed for production of exportable quantities of cement and clinker. The Ministry is of the view that the supply of electricity to the cement industry at con...
Mega construction projects boost Bangladesh's cement demand
The long-awaited Padma Bridge is nearing its completion after the final span of the 'dream bridge' was installed almost six years after the construction work began in Bangladesh. The bridge’s construction and five other megaprojects have stimulated growth in the country’s construction and cement industry. The Director of Brand Marketing of Abdul Khair Group, Naushad Chowdhury, and the ...
Lanwa Sanstha Cement plant to open in June 2021
Lanwa Sanstha Cement Corp (Pvt) Ltd, a sister company of Ceylon Steel Co Ltd, is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2021. The plant will be situated in Mirijjawila Export Processing Zone, Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Phase one of the project will see US$70 spent on a cement capacity of 2.4Mta. A further US$10m will be invested in a second phase to add 1.2Mta of capacity. The plant will be ...
Saudi Arabia saw cement sales rise 17% in November
Cement sales in Saudi Arabia increased 16.5 per cent YoY to 4.75Mt in November 2020, driven by the Ministry of Housing’s programmes, according to NCB Capital Co. On a monthly basis, local cement sales edged up by 0.7 per cent in November, reaching the second-highest monthly figure since January 2017. Clinker production was down 0.8 per cent MoM to 4.3Mt, but cement production saw a modes...
Bolivian cement demand down 13% in September
Cement consumption in Bolivia dropped 12.6 per cent YoY to 337,063t in September 2020 from 385,624t in September 2019, according to the country’s statistics office, INE. Demand in the key market of Santa Cruz declined five per cent YoY to 85,812t in September 2020 while in La Paz, the country’s second-largest market, advanced by 3.7 per cent YoY to 72,034t. Chuquisaca’s market contracted by...
Chile's cement demand up 16% in October
Cement consumption in Chile increased 16.2 per cent to 392,688t in October 2020 from 337,959t in the previous year, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. When compared with the previous month, the market expanded 19.7 per cent from 328,184t in September 2020. In January-October 2020 period, domestic demand dropped 10.6 per cent to 3.043Mt from 3.401Mt in the 10M2019.
Uzbekistan sees 3% rise in production
Uzbekistan produced 8.8Mt of cement in the first 10 months of the 2020, up 2.6 per cent compared to the year-ago period. The largest volumes of cement were produced in the Tashkent region (46.7 per cent), followed by Navoi region (35.1 per cent) and Fergana region (12.8 per cent). The value of cement exported from Uzbekistan in the January-October period amounted to US$27.6m. Meanwhile, ...
Azerbaijan records modest fall in cement production
Azerbaijan produced building materials worth AZN614.7m (US$361.6m) between January-October 2020, up 26.4 per cent YoY, according to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee. Cement production fell 1.2 per cent YoY to 2.8Mt, while production of ready-mixed concrete grew 5.1 per cent to 1.57Mt. Most of the construction work during the first 10 months of the year accounted for primary con...