Cement News tagged under: Dispatches
Vietnam: MoC forecasts 2016 sales rise of 4-7%26 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam's sales of cement and clinker are predicted to rise 4-7 per cent YoY in 2016 to between 75-77Mt, according to forecasts by the country's Ministry of Construction (MoC). Of the total sales, domestic shipments are expected to account for 59-60Mt and exports 16-17Mt, the Xay Dung online newspaper cited the ministry as saying Wednesday. In the first 10 months of this year, dispatches totalled 58.6Mt, meeting 80 per cent of the full-year target. Domestic shipments amounted to 45.51M... |
Brazil: October sales down 14.6% YoY25 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary data and market estimates gathered by Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (SNIC) indicate that cement sales in Brazil declined by 14.6 per cent YoY in October 2015 to 5.6Mt. Imports fell by 63 per cent YoY during the month, according to data gathered by by SECEX/MDIC. Sales over the January-October 2015 period were 54.8Mt, down 8.4 per cent YoY. In the rolling 12 months between November 2014-October 2015, sales fell by 7.1 per cent to 65.9Mt versus the comparative pe... |
US September shipments - preliminary data17 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsPortland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico during September 2015 totalled 9.011Mt, according to preliminary data from the US Geological Survey. Of the total, domestic dispatches accounted for 8.027Mt and imports were 984,080t. Over the first nine months of 2015, shipments totalled 68.183Mt, comprising 61.25Mt of domestic shipments and 6.933Mt of imports. Clinker production was 6.67Mt in September and 55.94Mt over the nine-month period, according to the preliminary fi... |
Poland: October output and dispatches dip10 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Poland decreased by 2.4 per cent YoY to 1.55Mt in October, while sales fell six per cent to 1.55Mt, Poland's Cement Producer Association said in a statement. Year-to-date production grew 0.9 per cent YoY to 13.44Mt. Meanwhile sales rose 0.9 per cent to 13.71Mt over the same time frame. |
Pakistan July-October sales boosted by strong domestic demand growth05 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement dispatches in the first four months of FY16 increased by 3.79 per cent YoY to 11.398Mt, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturer’s Association (APCMA). Domestic sales during the period climbed to 9.37Mt, representing a YoY increase of 14.38 per cent – the fastest growth in the last eight years, the industry body noted. However, exports fell by just over a quarter to 2.028Mt versus 2.79Mt in the comparative period of last year. Regional breakdown Closer anal... |
Vietnam 10-month sales edge ahead03 November 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam sold 58.66Mt of cement and clinker in the first 10 months of this year, rising one per cent from a year earlier and fulfilling 80 per cent of the whole-year target, the Building Material Department under the Ministry of Construction said. The total comprised 45.51Mt of domestic sales (+9 per cent YoY), the Xay Dung online newspaper cited the department as saying. In October, the country’s cement sales rose 15 per cent MoM to 6.37Mt, including 5.07Mt of domestic sales, up 14 per ... |
Brazil sees double-digit drop in September sales26 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsBrazil’s September cement sales fell by 14.7 per cent YoY to 5.5Mt, according to a summary of preliminary industry data and market estimates published by Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento. Imports fell by 52 per cent YoY during the month to 32,000t, data collected by SECEX/MDIC showed. Accumulated cement sales over the January-September 2015 period reached 49.2Mt, down 7.7 per cent YoY. In the 12 month period covering October 2014 - September 2015, total sales were 66.8Mt, a dec... |
Attock Cement 1Q net profit up 2%26 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement announced a net profit of PKR470m (US$4.5m) in the first quarter (Jul-Sep) of fiscal year 2015-16, up just two per cent compared to the profit it earned in the same period of the previous fiscal year. Earnings per share (EPS) were up to PKR4.20 from PKR4.11 in the period under review. The company registered a 10 per cent YoY decline in sales mainly on the back of a 10 per cent reduction in dispatches, a report by Arif Habib Limited published in the The Express Tribune (Pakist... |
Vicem nine-month sales reach 16.32Mt21 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsVietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, sold 16.32Mt of cement and clinker in the first nine months of this year, up 1.5 per cent from a year earlier. Of the volume, 14.87Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market, up 8.6 per cent YoY while 1.44Mt were exported, down 39.4 per cent, the corporation said on its website. In the third quarter, Vicem sold 5.61Mt of clinker and cement, up 6.2 per cent YoY, of which 5.27Mt of cement and clink... |
South Africa 2Q volumes edge ahead09 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsDomestic cement demand in South Africa increased by 1.5 per cent YoY to 3.08Mt in the second quarter of 2015, according to a volume update posted on PPC’s website yesterday. The 2Q growth follows a strong advance in the first quarter of this year, when volumes increased by 15.6 per cent compared to the same period of 2014. |