Cement News tagged: Trading
Zambezi Portland reduces cement exports
Zambezi Portland Cement Limited (ZPC) has reduced its export sales by 50 per cent, effective from 1 August 2013, to cater for the increased demand of the product on the local market. ZPC sales and marketing manager Isaac Ngoma announced in a statement in Ndola yesterday that the company which had been exporting more than 14,000tpm of cement to neighbouring countries, will now reduce exports ...
Indian cement prices mount June recovery
All-India cement prices saw an uptrend led by price hikes across all regions in the country. The southern region saw an average price rise of INR30/bag (US$0.50), the highest among all regions, which took the all-India average June 2013 prices to INR308/bag (US$5.10) as compared to INR294/bag (US$4.86) in May 2013. In the east and west region, prices advanced by INR15-20/bag, which took a...
Inner Mongolia's Erlian Port cement export up 102% in May
Erlian Port in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region exported 186,300t of cement, worth US$9.14m, in May 2013, a YoY increase of 101.84 per cent and 87.74 per cent, respectively, sources reported.
Saudi Arabia: 35,000t of imported cement shipments
Saudi Port Authority (SPA) says cement shipments have been coming since the start of implementing the decrees of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to import 10Mt of cement to cover local demand. About 350,000t of cement have reached from the UAE and Egypt through various Saudi ports. "Shipments have come through Dammam, Jeddah and Jazan ports, some through Yanbu, and some oth...
Ghana: cement prices rising
Cement prices in Ghana have been rising by the day with retail prices currently around GHS274 (US$136). Ex-factory prices are cheaper than retail prices so the tariff posted at the Ghacem (HeidelbergCement) plant on 24 June indicated that a bag of cement costs GHS260 (US$129), effective 20 June 2013, when buying 1000 bags or above. For orders of 100+ bags only the price rises to GHS265 (US...
Iraq to stop importing Iranian cement?
Iran currently exports cement to 24 countries with around 97 per cent of total cement export destined for seven countries. Iraq heads the rankings with a 63 per cent share of Iranian cement exports, followed by Turkmenistan at seven per cent and Azerbaijan at four per cent. According to Deputy Head of Khuzestan’s Cement Exporters Union Sadeq Sava’edi, Iraq will stop importing Iranian cemen...
US cement shipments slip
Data just released by the US Geological Survey shows that total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico fell by three per cent in March 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. Around 5.8Mt of cement was shipped during the month of March with shipments for the year so far up slightly at 15.4Mt. The leading US cement-producing states for March were Texas, Californ...
Nepal: cement makers not getting NS mark ‘will face sales ban’
Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology (NBSM) has warned that it will prohibit cement factories from selling their products if they fail to obtain the Nepal Standard (NS) certification by mid-June. “More than 90% of the cement companies are expected to obtain NS certification by mid-June,” said NBSM Director General Ram Adhar Sah at an interaction here on Sunday. “Those failing to do so will...
Iran plans 18.5Mta of cement exports
Iran plans to export 18.5Mt of cement in the current Iranian calendar year, which began on 21 March, Mehdi Ghazanfari, the Iranian deputy industry, mines and trade minister, said. The exports are projected to increase 4.9Mt compared to the year before. If Iran does export 18-20Mt of cement in 2013, it will rank in third place after China and India. The Middle East country currently exports c...
Armenian cement exports to Georgia double
Exports of cement from Armenia to Georgia have doubled in the first three months of the year compared to the same period of 2012. Armenpress reported that exports reached 36,568t, citing data from the government's State Revenue Committee. According to the government department, Georgia was the only recipient of Armenian exports during the first quarter of 2013. During the same period of las...
DTI requests further information on Philippine pricing
Philippine cement producers have until next week to provide the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with further information explaining reasons behind their higher selling prices. Last month the DTI asked Holcim Philippines, Lafarge Republic Inc, Cemex Philippines and Eagle Cement Corp to explain why cement is being sold above the recommended retail price of PHP205-PHP210/bag. Trade u...
Thatta Cement to construct grinding plant in Sri Lanka
Pakistan-based Thatta Cement Company Limited (TCCL) has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) for the construction of a grinding plant as well as a storage and bagging facility. The SLPA had signed a preliminary agreement with Thatta Cement back in January 2012 and now a formal agreement with the Sri Lankan government has been signed for the implementation of the project...
India: cement industry worried over move on freight tariff
The Indian cement sector has expressed concern about the Railway Ministry’s proposal to pass on the rising costs of fuel on to the freight tariff. Apart from the potential to drive up freight costs, industry representatives were worried about the “uncertainty” this would introduce into the freight cost. N Srinivasan, vice-chairman and managing director of India Cements, said the move “leaves ...
Tanzanian government accepts cement imports
Tanzania's government has said that it could not put trade barriers on imported cement as requested by domestic cement companies, because local production is still insufficient. Tanzania's Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, Dr Abdallah Kigoda said despite the expected progress from cement industries, the government will still allow cement imports until local producers meet domestic ...
November 2012 sees eight per cent rise in US cement shipments
Total shipments for Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico reached 6.6Mt in November 2012, representing an increase of nearly eight per cent, according to the latest figures from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The leading consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio and Illinois, in descending order) received about 37 per cent of the November total shipments). The...
Caribbean: cement price increase 'difficult to accept'
The 9.5 per cent cement price hike announced at the start of this year by Trinidad Cement Ltd, will be 'difficult to accept,' according to the former president of the Contractors Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Following the hike, a 42.5kg bag of cement now cost approximately TTD55 (US$8.60). “Anytime cement prices goes up, it is difficult to accept. When you are talking about a 9.5 p...