Cement News tagged under: Morocco
Moroccan cement deliveries up 7% in December07 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries in Morocco increased 6.9 per cent YoY to 1,255,552t in December, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. In December 2020 APC members Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc supplieda total of 1,174,183t of cement. For the full-year 2021, cement dispatches advanced 14.8 per cent YoY from 12.174Mt in 2020 to 13.975Mt in 2021. |
Morocco's listed cement producers to end 2021 on positive note16 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement producers listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange are expected to end 2021 with net results up 30.1 per cent YoY, according to Ecofin Agency. The positive performance is driven by active real estate and construction sectors. Holcim Group and Ciments du Maroc posted favourable operating conditions despite the COVID-19 health crisis with combined consolidated sales of MAD8.7bn (US$939m) in the January-September 2021, compared to MAD7.4bn in the 9M20. Their combined domestic cement sale... |
Morocco’s cement dispatches up 11% in November07 December 2021, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement deliveries increased 11.4 per cent YoY to 1,227,984t in November 2021 from 1,102,003Mt in November 2020, according to data from the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. The deliveries were made by APC members, ie Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc. In the January-November 2021 period deliveries were up 15.6 per cent YoY to 12,719,348t from the 11M20, when 11,000,288t were dispatched. |
Morocco’s cement deliveries advance 1% in October17 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement delivers edged up 0.8 per cent in October 2021 to 1,254,798t from 1,245,064t in October 2020, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. The data apply to members of the domestic cement association, APC – Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and Holcim Maroc. In the January-October 2021 period 11.491Mt of cement was supplied to the domestic market by these producers, a 16.1 per cent increase when compared with 9.898Mt in the 10M20. |
Morocco’s cement market expands 12% in September07 October 2021, Published under Cement NewsMoroccan cement deliveries by member companies have advanced by 12.4 per cent YoY to 1,395,542t in September 2021 from 1,241,374t in September 2020, according to the Moroccan cement association, APC. In the first nine months of 2021 dispatch volumes were up 18.3 per cent YoY to 10,236,566t from 8,653,221t in the January-September 2020 period. |
Morocco’s cement deliveries expand 31% in August08 September 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries by Moroccan cement producers Asment Temara, Ciments de l’Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc advanced 31.1 per cent YoY to 1,132,899t from 864,441t in August 2020, according to Ipsos data published by the country’s Ministry for Housing and Urbanisation. In the first eight months of 2021 deliveries were up 19.3 per cent to 8,841,024t from 7,411,847t in the January-August 2020 period. |
LafargeHolcim Maroc sees 66% rise in 2Q revenue31 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsLafargeHolcim Maroc saw a 66 per cent rise in revenues to MAD2078m (US$232.4m) in the second quarter of 2021 from MAD1252m in the 2Q20. The positive trend has been attributed mainly to the increase in sales across the board. In the first half of 2021 revenues increased by 26 per cent YoY to MAD4000m from MAD3185m in the 1H20. The company’s debt fell by 10 per cent YoY to MAD5952m at 30 June 2021. |
Morocco’s cement market slips 16% in July16 August 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Morocco declined 16.3 per cent YoY to 898,429t in July 2021 from 1,073,680t in July 2020, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation, which cites data from the country’s cement association, APC. However, in the January-July 2021 period, sales advanced 17.7 per cent to 7.708Mt when compared with the 6.547Mt in the 7M20. |
Morocco's cement consumption up 21% in June13 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries by Asment Temara, Ciments de l'Atlas, Ciments du Maroc and LafargeHolcim Maroc increased by 20.6 per cent to 1,363,579t in June 2021, up from 1,130,864t in June 2020, according to an IPSOS report on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. Retail sales, the largest cement market segment in Morocco, saw a 12.8 per cent YoY advance to 863,695t in June 2021 while sales to the ready-mix concrete market saw the largest increase, 55.1 per cent YoY, to 266,3... |
Asment Temara’s automated truck dispatch approach28 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsVotorantim Cimentos Morocco has implemented a new automatic truck dispatch system to manage the flow and loading of trucks within its Asment Temara cement works. The move is part of the group’s global strategy to improve the customer experience and accelerate the digital transformation of processes. By Fabricio Perretto Rodrigues, Votorantim Cimentos Europa, Asia & Africa. Votorantim Cimentos Morocco installs a new automatic truck dispatch system at its plant in Temara, Morocco ... |