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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...

Vietnamese producer targets new export markets

04 June 2015, Published under Cement News

La Hien Cement JSC, a subsidiary of the Vietnam National Coal Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin),  is seeking new export markets in Asia and Africa, an executive of the company said. According to Nguyen Van Dung, Director of the La Hien JSC, the company will seek new markets while securing its traditional markets including Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan and Lang Son provinces, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The company aims to ship its clinker to Bangladesh, the Philippines and a number of natio...

Vietnam rises 9% in first five months

29 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Vietnam is estimated to have produced 26.6Mt of cement during January-May 2015, up nine per cent from a year ago,  the government-run General Statistics Office said. In May alone, output amounted to 6.3Mt. During the five month period Vietnam produced 20.3Mt of cement, compared to an earlier estimate of 19.9Mt, according to the office’s revised figure. Vietnam currently has 74 cement production lines with a combined output of 77Mta, data from the Ministry of Construction said. The country...

FLSmidth receives Vietnam cement plant order

26 May 2015, Published under Cement News

FLSmidth has received an order worth approximately EUR100m (DKK750m) from the Vietnamese cement producer Xuan Than Group for the supply of a complete cement plant with a capacity of 12,000tpd. The plant will be located approximately 100km South of Hanoi, Vietnam. Once completed, the plant will be the largest cement plant in Southeast Asia, FLSmidth highlighted.   "The Vietnamese cement market is expected to grow over the coming years and it is a well-known market to FLSmidth as we have been...

Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines top Vietnamese importers in first four months

26 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan remained among major importers of Vietnamese clinker and cement in the first four months of this year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade said. Bangladesh took the lead after importing 2.62Mt of cement worth US$100.24m from Vietnam in the period, while Indonesia came second with 937,982t worth US$42.39m and the Philippines ranked third with 468,419t worth US$18.43m. Following on, Taiwan consumed 346,396t worth US$14.81m and Ma...

Vicem monthly sales down 3.1% YoY

20 May 2015, Published under Cement News

State-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, said it sold about 2.24Mt of cement and clinker in April, down 3.1 per cent from a year ago. Of the volume, 1.74Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market while 450,000t were exported. In the first four months, Vicem’s cement and clinker sales declined 4.9 per cent YoY to 7.38Mt. Of the total, 5.88Mt of cement and clinker were sold in domestic market, up 4.7 per cent YoY while 1.5Mt we...

Bangladesh, Indonesia and Taiwan remain Vietnam's top importers

12 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Bangladesh, Indonesia and Taiwan remained among the largest importers of Vietnamese clinker and cement in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade. Bangladesh accounted for the largest amount with 1.83Mt of cement worth US$70.13m, followed by Indonesia with 828,317t worth US$37.1m and Taiwan ranked third with 272,396t worth US$11.71m. Next in line was the Philippines with 239,900t worth US$9.46m, and Laos with 115,701t worth US$9.28m. ...

Vietnam Jan-April output climbs 5.3% YoY

06 May 2015, Published under Cement News

Vietnam produced 19.9Mt of cement in the first four months of this year, up 5.3 per cent from a year ago, including 5.9Mt in April, the government-run General Statistics Office said. In the first quarter, Vietnam generated 14Mt of cement, compared to the earlier estimated figure of 14.3Mt. The Ministry of Construction predicted Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker to rise 1.5-4 per cent YoY to between 72-74Mt in 2015, of which domestic sales will rise 4.5-6.5 per cent to 53-54Mt, while th...

Semen Indonesia

29 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Despite Semen Gresik and Semen Padang both posting a fall in sales volumes in 1Q15, PT Semen Indonesia is pushing ahead with its expansion plans. Semen Gresik saw sales drop by 0.6 per cent to 3.27Mt, compared to 3.29Mt in 1Q14, while Semen Padang registered a 1.8 per cent contraction to 1.58Mt. Semen Tonasa, meanwhile, increased sales by 2.3 per cent coming in at 1.3Mt in 1Q15, compared to 1.27Mt in the same period last year. According to the Indonesia Cement Association, domestic consumpti...

Ha Tien 1 Cement net profit surges, Vietnam

23 April 2015, Published under Cement News

Ha Tien 1 Cement JSC (HT1) said its net profit jumped to VND250.36bn (US$11.64m) in the first quarter of this year, from VND2bn in the same period of 2014, thanks to an increase in financial incomes and a decease in financial costs. Vietnam's largest cement maker by market capitalisation, said net revenue fell 4.25 per cent YoY to VND1.6trn in the January-March period, HT1 said in its quarterly financial report. Earnings per share over the three month period was VND787. Its financial in...