Cement News tagged under: Ukrcement
Ukraine's reconstruction efforts boosts cement production12 August 2024, Published under Cement NewsUkraine 's cement association, Ukrcement, reported that the country has increased its cement production by 25 per cent in response to growing reconstruction needs. Data for the January-June 2024 period shows that members of Ukrcement boosted their production by 24.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2023 (a total of 3.7Mt). The association highlighted the strength of its member enterprises, continuing to adapt and produce construction materials despite the ongoing difficulties of the ... |
Ukrcement appeals to the government to amend electricity import rates11 July 2024, Published under Cement NewsUkraine's cement association, Ukrcement, has appealed to the government to amend the current electricity import rate of 80 per cent. Under the country’s martial law, cement producers are obliged to purchase at least 80 per cent of electricity at European prices from the EU to avoid supply restrictions. On 27 October 2023, CMU Resolution No 1127 guaranteed the supply of electricity for domestic producers, provided that 30 per cent of supply was purchased from the EU and 70 per cent from d... |
Cement consumption in Ukraine increased 17% in 202319 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Ukraine rose by 17 per cent last year, up 5.4Mt compared to 2022, says Pablo Kachur, head of the country's cement association, Ukrcement Association. “A similar jump is not predicted this year, but we will probably get 6Mt of domestic cement consumption,” said the representative. Ukraine’s peak pre-war consumption was 10.6Mt (2021), according to The Global Cement Report, 15th Edition . This figure fell to 4.5Mt, following Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022,... |
Ukraine: times of uncertainty04 April 2022, Published under Cement NewsUkraine’s cement industry has been seeing off anti-dumping imports from surrounding countries while encouraging a revival in domestic and export cement capacity. However, Russia’s military invasion in February 2022 has thrown the country into war with its neighbour. By Ukrcement Association, Ukraine, and ICR Research, UK. While Ukraine’s cement industry successfully addressed challenges in 2021, it faces a challenge of an entirely different magnitude in 2022 as Vladimir Putin order... |
Ukraine sees production rise 15% YoY in 9M2105 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Ukraine increased 15.2 per cent YoY in the first nine months of 2021, according to Ukrcement. The association also expects the country to consume more than 10Mt in the full-year for the first time since 2014. "We have production data for nine months and we can predict with slight optimism that this year, for the first time since 2014, we will move to more than 10Mt of cement consumed in the domestic market. If there are no emergencies, we will reach 10.5Mt," said Pavlo ... |
Ukraine cement industry increases output after import antidumping duties20 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsUkraine’s cement production advanced 10.6 per cent after anti-dumping duties on cement imports were introduced, according to Ukrcement Executive Director, Roman Skilskyi. “After Ukraine introduced antidumping duties in May 2019, cement companies increased the production output of cement clinker by 10.6 per cent as of August 2019 compared to August 2018,” Mr Skilskyi said. Between 2016-19, cement imports into Ukraine rose 18-fold, from 41,700t in 2016 to 752,330t in 2019. In May, the cou... |
Ukraine picks up the pace17 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsAhead of the forthcoming UkrCemFor 2019 conference in Kiev next month, Pavlo Kachur, chairman of the Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine (Ukrcement), provides a timely update on the domestic cement sector’s priorities, progress and prospects. CRH-owned Mykolaiv Cement’s 1.3Mta works is one of the three cement plants owned by the Irish group in Ukraine ICR: How did the Ukrainian construction industry and domestic cement demand perform in 2018? Pavlo Kachur (PK): The st... |
Ukraine industry moves against counterfeit cement24 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsThis week Ukrcement, the Ukranian cement association, reported that counterfeit cement was prevalent in Ukraine's cement market. It is more disappointing news for local producers who have seen cement production drop by 3.7 per cent in the first seven months of the year. The cement association recently commissioned GFK Ukraine to carry out research into the packaging of cement products sold in the domestic retail market. The research agency visited 180 building material outlets, supermark... |
Ukrcement carries out cement quality study19 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsUkraine’s cement association, Ukrcement, has carried out a new study into the quality of cement on the consumer market. The research found that over 80 per cent of cement with incorrect labelling was counterfeit. "According to the new quality study of 50 cement bags with wrong labeling, 82 per cent of cement proved to be counterfeit, more than 50 per cent of samples had less weight than declared, 56 per cent with weaker strength were not cement at all, because they did not comply with reg... |
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