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Strong gains in South African cement sales08 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsLatest data by the South Africa Cement and Concrete Institute shows that domestic sales for the first two months of the year have registered a double-digit increase. For January and February 2012, cement sales reached 1.66Mt, a 13.7 per cent compared to the same period of 2011 (1.46Mt). Meanwhile, sales for February 2012 alone were 884,700t, representing a rise of 7.4 per cent compared to 823,934t in February 2011. The moving annual total for the previous 12 months sees cement sale... |
Semen Tonasa announces eastern packing projects, Indonesia08 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement producer, Semen Tonasa, a Semen Gresik subsidiary, is to construct cement packing plants in all provinces in eastern Indonesia. The company said it would need to spend up to IDR100bn (US$11m) on the project to be carried out in phases, according to reports in the Jakarta Post. Tonasa’s president, Sattar Taba, said the company will build at least two packing plants a year until each province in the eastern region has a packing plant. This year, it will start with the c... |
Tanzania: calls for uniform prices nationwide08 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsTanzanian cement producers are being urged to open their own depots in remote areas to bring down retail prices. Dr Cyril Chami, Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, said the time had come to ensure cement prices are uniform across the country. "Although the manufacturing firms incur transport costs in shipping the product to the market, they dispose it at retail prices that are not affordable to the ordinary people," said Dr Chami. He said producers should establish their own depo... |
Jefferies reports advances in January consumption07 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsLatest analysis from Jefferies International shows that cement consumption increased in January in 13 of the 17 countries for which it has data. Monthly demand rose for two of the four developed countries and in 11 of the 13 emerging markets with the exceptions of Poland and Vietnam. The rate of growth exceeded 10 per cent in nine countries, up from seven countries in December and five in November. Demand in Northern Europe for January was similar to the year before. There was a strong... |
Turkish cement forecast to rise five per cent07 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association (TCMB) forecasts that consumption could rise five per cent in 2012. Mustafa Guclu of the TCMB said domestic sales could reach 58.5Mt compared to 55.7Mt last year. Members of the association produced nearly 52.2Mt of that volume. Domestic cement sales were said to have risen 11 per cent last year over the 50Mt recorded in 2010. |
Venezuela to increase cement output07 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsVenezuela is expected to produce 8.3Mt of cement in 2012 from 7.7Mt last year, to help boost the development of the country’s infrastructure as well as support the government’s Grand Housing Mission, Raul Pacheco, the country’s Vice Minister of Productivity Management, has said. El Universal reports that among new capacity additions, the Cerro Azul cement plant is to start operations in 2012, according to Vice Minister of Productivity Management. The plant is located in El Pinto sector, P... |
Conch sees China demand rising, Indonesian plans proceeding ‘smoothly’07 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsChairman of Anhui Conch, Guo Wensan, has said that Chinese cement demand growing despite curbs on the housing market. Speaking to Dow Jones Chinese Financial Wire on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, Mr Wensan said the government's drive to push the construction of subsidised affordable housing is successfully offsetting declining cement demand from the private housing market. Cement demand from the 10 million affordable housing units started last year will peak from the s... |
Nevyanskiy Tsementnik monthly production beats target, Russia07 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsNevyanskiy Tsementnik, which operates in the Sverdlovsk of Russia, produced 72,747t of cement in February 2011, exceeding the company’s plan by seven per cent. Clinker output, meanwhile, totalled 80,087t, representing a YoY increase of 3.8 per cent). Nevyanskiy Tsementnik is part of the Eurocement Group. |
Holcim Phillippines expects sales recovery06 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsHolcim Philippines Inc expects sales to recover this year on positive economic indicators alongside an anticipated early-spending boost in the run up to the 2013 elections, reports the Business Mirror of the Philippines. Holcim Philippines Chief Operating Officer, Roland van Wijnen, told the newspaper that 2012 sales volume could grow five percent with an “upside potential.” “We look positively toward the first six months,” said van Wijnen. Holcim Philippines reported earlier that 2... |
US shipments edge ahead in 201106 March 2012, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for December 2011 were 4.8Mt. This was 16% higher than shipments in December 2010.Although sales continued a trend of increases begun in May, the exceptionally large increase in December was in part because of unexpectedly mild weather conditions. Shipments for 2011 were 72.2Mt, up by 3% from those of 2010. The leading producing states in December were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida, and Pennsylvania... |