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Argentine cement demand drops 7% YoY in June

Cement demand in Argentina has fallen 7.3 per cent YoY to 797,926t in June 2020, according to AFCP, the national cem...

Brazilian cement demand up 24% in June

Cement sales in Brazil rose 24.2 per cent YoY in June 2020. Domestic offtake reached 5.2Mt in June, according to the...

Peru's cement demand to recover in 2H

Scotiabank forecasts a recovery in Peruvian cement consumption with 3Q demand expected to be close to 2Mt, double th...

UltraTech Cement's subsidiary to sell entire stake in Shandong Binani Rongan Cement

India’s UltraTech Cement has announced that its Krishna Holdings subsidiary will sell its entire stake in Shandong B...

ACC Ltd's net sales rise 6%

ACC Ltd (LafargeHolcim) held its 84th AGM on 6 July via video conference and reporting its net sales in 2019 increas...

Cement exports from Bangladesh record a 12% fall in FY19-20

Bangladesh's cement industry has earned export revenue of US$9.14m in the FY19-20 (July 2019-June 2020), compared to...

Japan: towards higher profits

With an ageing population and requirement for more construction investment, the Japanese cement industry faces many ...

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe sees revenue advance 104%

Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe saw its profit for 2019 rise to US$178m, while volumes remained flat YoY at 323,000t. Gross ...

Lebanese market contracts 56% in 1H20

Cement consumption in Lebanon fell by 55.7 per cent in the first six months of 2020. Demand decreased to 300,334t in...

Pakistan cement records a 2% uptick in dispatches in FY20

Pakistan’s cement industry during the FY19-20 (July 2019-June 2020) recorded a rise of two per cent to 47.81Mt in to...