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Shiva Cement first quarter dispatches up 16% YoY

20 July 2015, Published under Cement News

India-based Shiva Cement's dispatches of cement and clinker during the first quarter of FY15-16 rose by 16 per cent YoY, the company said in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shiva Cement owns a 0.132Mt plant in Orissa in eastern India. Its natural marketing territory is Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar states. Growth plans over the coming years include a Phase one expansion of up to 1Mta, followed by Phase 2 expansion taking capacity to more than 2Mta. Additional land a...

Polish production up 4.1% in June

15 July 2015, Published under Cement News

Cement production in Poland increased by 4.1 per cent YoY to 1.55Mt in June, while sales were up by 7.2 per cent to 1.59Mt, Poland's Cement Producer Association said in a statement. Year-to-date production rose by 2.1 per cent YoY to 7.19Mt. Year-to-date sales were up by 2.5 per cent to 7.33Mt.

Pakistan closes FY14-15 with 3.5% sales rise

08 July 2015, Published under Cement News

Pakistan cement sales increased by 3.5 per cent in FY14-15 as strong domestic construction and housing activity boosted dispatches, according to Topline Securities. Total sales during the year amounted to 35.4Mta, the Express Tribune reported yesterday.  The rise is attributed to an "increase in the private sector expenditure on construction and housing," the newspaper quoted Topline Securities analyst Nabeel Khursheed as saying. Higher government infrastructure spending and improved securi...

Vietnam half-year sales rise to 34.16Mt

03 July 2015, Published under Cement News

Vietnam’s cement sales rose six per cent YoY to 34.16Mt in the first half of this year, meeting 47.4 per cent of the year’s plan, the Vietnam Building Material Association under the Ministry of Construction said. Of the volume, 25.97Mt were sold at the domestic market, up six per cent YoY and 8.19Mt were exported, the Thoi Bao Kinh Te Vietnam newspaper reported, citing the association. In June, the country’s domestic cement sales fell 12 per cent from May but were up 13 per cent from the sa...

US: preliminary April 2015 shipments

17 June 2015, Published under Cement News

Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in April 2015 amounted to 7.669Mt, preliminary data from the USGS shows. Imports accounted for 776,781t of total dispatches during the month. For the first four months of this year, shipments reached 24.09Mt, of which 2.321Mt were imports. Clinker production for April was 6.102Mt and for the year-to-date the total is expected to be 21.6Mt.  The preliminary data are subject to change. The full monthly report will be publish...

Indonesian monthly consumption declines by 7.9%

15 June 2015, Published under Cement News

Indonesian consumption remained weak in May, declining by nearly eight per cent, latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association shows. Cement demand fell by 7.9 per cent in May 2015 to 4.78Mt. Consumption during the month was down in all areas, with Kalimantan seeing the largest regional drop (-24.3 per cent) followed by Maluk & Irian Jaya (-16.2 per cent) and Sulawesi. On the main island of Java, demand fell by 8.7 per cent, with the biggest declines in Jakara (-14.5 per cent), Banten...

Vicem monthly dispatches advance 10% YoY

12 June 2015, Published under Cement News

State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, said its cement and clinker sales in May advanced 10 per cent YoY to 2.01Mt.  Of the total, 1.84Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market while 162,000t were exported. In the first five months, Vicem’s cement and clinker sales dipped 1.4 per cent on-year to 9.08Mt. Of the total, 8.02Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market, up 6.2 per cent YoY while 1.06Mt were exported...

Semen Indonesia May sales down

12 June 2015, Published under Cement News

Indonesia's largest cement maker, PT Semen Indonesia Tbk, said its sales in May were down 13.9 per cent from the last year at 1.98Mt, Indonesia Finance Today reported, quoting the firm's investor relations officer Anto Brilianto. The cement producer sold 9.91Mt of cement in the first five months of 2015, down 5.3 per cent from 10.47Mt during the same period last year.

Domestic demand buoys Pakistan dispatches in first 10 months

01 June 2015, Published under Cement News

A total of 29Mt of cement was dispatched during the first 10 months (July 2014 - April 2015) of the current Pakistan versus 28Mta in the same period of last year due to a rise in domestic demand, the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) said. Total dispatches in April 2015 were 3.29Mt compared to 3.21Mt during the same month last year, up by 2.62 per cent. Monthly domestic dispatches increased by 4.57 per cent to 2.65Mt. Meanwhile, exports fell by 4.72 per cent to 0.64Mt ...

Colombian cement market expands 4.4 % in April

29 May 2015, Published under Cement News

In April 2015 there was a 4.4 per cent YoY rise in cement dispatches in Colombia. Some 0.999Mt of grey cement reached domestic customers, according to the latest figures by the national statistics service, DANE. Nariño led the expansion seeing its sales advance by 60.7 per cent, followed by Cesar (43.8 per cent), Magdalena (34.5 per cent), Cauca (8.5 per cent) and Antioquia (7.2 per cent). Grey cement production reached 1.057Mt, a 2.7 per cent YoY increase, in April. In the first four ...