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Brazil 12 month accumulated sales up 13.8%04 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsPreliminary data industry data and market estimates indicate that accumulated domestic cement sales over the 12 months from December 2009-November 2010 reached 58.4Mt, representing an increase of 13.8 per cent against the same YoY period (December 2008-November 2009). In November 2010 alone, domestic cement sales were 5.1Mt. Between January 2010-November 2010, sales amounted to 54.3Mt. |
Pakistan cement exports fall ?04 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsPakistan exported 448,833t of cement and earned US$31.481m in November 2010 compared to 796,637t at US$45.310m in October 2010. This reflects a negative growth of 43.66 and 30.52 per cent in terms of quality and value in dollar respectively on month-on-month basis, according to data released by Federal Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan. If compared with November 2009, (896,857t at US$40.596m) the export of cement also downed by 43.66% and 30.52% in terms of quantity and value... |
Philippines 2010 demand slows04 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsPhilippine cement sales in 2010 likely grew at a slower pace from 2009 which saw increased construction activity to repair the damage caused by Tropical Storm Ondoy and Typhoon Pepeng, an industry group official yesterday said. Growth should be expected again in 2011 as the private sector takes on more projects this year, Cement Manufacturers Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) executive director Ernesto M Ordoñez said. Total sales in 2010 are estimated to have increased by 7%-8% to as... |
Illinois Cement layoff likely03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsIllinois Cement workers will be heading back to the plant in the New Year uncertain of how many days of work they’ll have before a presumed layoff begins. A temporary layoff of about 96 hourly workers is expected to begin Jan. 10 and last for a couple months. “In theory, everyone should be back to work by the end of March,” said Andy Maier, an Illinois Cement employee, who was on the bargaining committee on behalf of the United Steelworkers Local 657 to discuss the pending layoff. Maier sa... |
Cemex in US overtime settlement03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsCemex, has agreed to pay US$1.5 million in overtime to 1705 truck drivers in North Carolina and seven other states, settling a federal court lawsuit, the US Department of Labor has announced. The department began an investigation of Cemex pay practices after receiving a complaint about the company’s Tampa, Fla., operation, it said. That expanded to include Cemex workers in California, Georgia, New Mexico, South Carolina and Texas. The workers involved drive ready-mix trucks for the company,... |
Khoy cement factory in full service03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsKhoy cement factory in West Azarbaijan province, Iran has entered into full service on 1st January 2011. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian attended the inauguration ceremony, the Mehr News Agency reported. The unit has been established at the cost of some US$175m and has the capacity to produce one million tons of grey cement annually. Khoy cement factory has also created 470 direct and 5000 indirect job opportunities. The unit started its ... |
Price rise rocks Bahrain03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsBahrain cement companies are reportedly conspiring to increase prices by 30 per cent but are being confronted head-on by the government. In a bid to avert another building crisis, the Industry and Commerce Ministry is co-ordinating with other government departments to stop them. The minister Dr Hassan Fakhro, and senior officials have held urgent talks with representatives of cement companies. The ministry said it was stunned by local reports about a ’cartel’, which was utterly unacceptable.... |
AP to see more cement capacity additions03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsA little over 17Mt of new capacity will be added during 2010-11 in India’s Andhra Pradesh alone, the largest cement market in the southern region, and also the State with the highest installed capacity. This comes at a time when the State is going through a prolonged period of slump in cement demand. Of this, the Nalgonda cluster will account for close to nine million tonnes of fresh capacity, followed by the Yerraguntla (3.20 million tonnes) and the Kurnool with (3 million tonnes) clusters.... |
EAPC works on a debt/cost reduction plant03 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsEast African Portland Cement Company will reportedly swap its expensive yen-dominated loans for dollars this month and convert to a coal driven plant in efforts to cut cost and return to profitability in 2011. The Kenyan cement-maker reported a loss of Sh292 million in the year to June, 2010, compared to a profit of Sh1.8 billion a year earlier, with the drop blamed on costs arising from exchange losses from the Japanese loan and high energy costs. EAPC will also start using coal to fire its... |
Cement producers expecting more growth in 201103 January 2011, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy is forecast to increase six per cent to 42.4Mt next year, an industry association said. Urip Trimuryono, chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI), said strong demand in the property sector and government spending on infrastructure will continue next year, driving sales of the building material. “This year, we’re expecting cement consumption to grow six percent to 40Mt, and another six per cent growth next year,” he... |