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Kazakhstan’s continued challenge

05 August 2024, Published under Cement News

While a positive economic forecast and plans to expand the country's infrastructure and housing are expected to support Kazakh cement producers, domestic and regional overcapacity as well as increasing costs are envisaged to present continued challenging conditions for the sector. By CMPRO and QazCem, Kazakhstan The expansion of the Kazakh cement industry has resulted in domestic overcapacity, which is proving particularly challenging in times of production cost increases and re...

Russian imports from Belarus increase by 85% in 1H14

06 May 2014, Published under Cement News

In 1H14 Belarusian cement producers increased their supplies to Russia by 85.6 per cent YoY, reports BelTA. Quoting CMPRO data BelTA  states that in January-March 2014 Belarus shipped 278,000t of cement to the Russian market. Russia also buys cement from the Baltic states, Iran, Sweden and Turkey. In January-March 2014 Russia imported 744,000t of cement, ie 3.1 per cent down from the same period a year before. According to the cement research organisation, in terms of Russian exports, B...