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Lipetskcement output increases 27.9%, Russia30 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsRussia-based Lipetskcement, part of the Eurocement Group Holding, produced a total of 1.33Mt of cement, an increase of 27.9 per cent (247,350t) compared to the the first three quarters of 2012. In September 2013 alone, the company produced 122,410t of cement, a rise of 46 per cent compared to the same period of last year. During the nine-month reporting period, Lipetskcement shipments reached 1.145Mt, a rise of 27.4 per cent YoY. A total of 753,281t of cement was by delivered by rail, up 4... |
Lafarge Pakistan 9M13 net profit rises 17.6%, third quarter disappoints29 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsFor the first nine months of the year Lafarge Pakistan Cement earned a profit of 17.6 per cent but third quarter sales proved disappointing. For the Jan-September 2013 period the company reported of PKR903m (US$8.47m) compared to PKR768m in the same period of last year. However, during the quarter ending 30 September 2013, profit after tax fell by 86 per cent to PKR39m. According to analysts at Summit Capital this last quarterly performance were "unsatisfactory for more than one reason... |
Akhangaracement 9M13 production and shipments rise, Uzbekistan29 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsAkhangaracement JSC, part of the Eurocement Group, produced 1.176Mt of cement and 853,503t of clinker in the first nine months of the year, up 1.61 per cent and 7.66 per cent YoY respectively. During the Jan-September period, the company said in a statement that it shipped 1.198Mt of cement, a rise of 0.97 per cent compared to the same period of the year before. It also observed an increase in bagged sales of 5.96 per cent as it dispatched 248,484t in 50kg bags over the first three quarter... |
Habesha due to start new Ethiopia plant construction29 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsHabesha Cement finally plans to start construction of its new 1.4Mta greenfield works in Ethiopia following delays of some three years. Mesfin Abi, CEO of Habesha Cement Share Company, told New Business Ethiopia that phase one of the proect is expected to be operational by 2015. The plant’s future development plan includes an option to double the capacity to 2.8Mta. At the start of this month the company received a letter of consent from the National Bank of Ethiopia, which grants the... |
Vietnam October output rises YoY29 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsVietnam produced 5.2Mt of cement in October, up 11 per cent from the month before and 13 per cent YoY, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said. The GSO also revised down the cement output in September to 4.7Mt from an earlier estimate of 5.2Mt. In the first 10 months of this year, companies in Vietnam are estimated to produce 46.4Mt of cement, up five per cent from a year earlier. The country’s cement sales are expected to rise by 4-5 YoY to 56Mt and 57Mt in 2013, including 48-49M... |
Pakistan September export volumes ahead28 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan achieved double-digit rises in both export volumes and revenue in September compared to the month before, data from the Bureau of Statistics shows. Exports during September 2013 totalled 919,150t on revenues of US$52.41m compared to 765,917t at US$45.30 in August. This translates into a 20.1 per cent rise in terms of volumes and 15.71 per cent increment in foreign exchange revenue. On a YoY basis, volumes rose by 9.87 per cent compared to 836,585t in September 2012, but the va... |
Algeria imports 3.6Mt of cement in 9M201328 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsAlgerian cement imports jumped by 65 per cent in terms of value and 70 per cent in volume during the first nine months of 2013, according to the country’s customs statistics office. Imports of cement rose from US$194.77m to US$322.5m during the first nine months of 2013 when compared with the equivalent period of 2012. Import volumes increased from 2.109Mt to 3.595Mt – mostly Portland cement, which represented US$283.8m and 3.076Mt. Algeria’s cement deficit currently exceeds 5Mta with... |
Euro area construction output rises in August28 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsEU construction output increased in August 2013, latest data from Eurostat shows. Seasonally-adjusted production in the construction sector was 0.4 per cent higher in August than in July. Output has been steadily rising since March but remains at historically low levels. Production in August 2013 was 2.5 per cent lower than that in the same month a year earlier. Portugal led the recovery with a 10.8 per cent hike in output from July, followed by Sweden (+4.8 per cent), Hungary (+4.0 per cen... |
Akmenes modernisation project nears completion, Lithuania28 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsAkmenes Cementas, Lithuania's sole cement producer, is due to bring its new dry-process kiln line into operation shortly. “Representatives of equipment suppliers are visiting the facility now. They are checking, fine-tuning and testing the equipment, adjusting the programmes,” Arturas Zaremba, Akmenes Cementas CEO, told the Baltic Business Daily. The Akmene's plant's nominal grinding capacity currently stands at 1.35Mta, with a clinker capacity of 1.2Mta. However, the new project will repl... |
Semen Padang plans new packing plant, Indonesia28 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsSemen Indonesia group company Semen Padang plans to build a new packing plant at a site close to Pulau Baai port in Bengkulu at a cost of IDR100bn (US$920,000). "We have already earmarked IDR100bn to build a packing factory for Semen Padang near the Pualu Baai port in Bengkulu in 2014," the company's marketing director Benny Wendry told the Jakarta Post. The project is pending approval from the board of directors. Should the green light be given, the project should start early next year and... |