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Colombia's cement market contracts 14.4% YoY in Oct29 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Colombia fell 14.4 per cent to 0.994Mt in October 2016 from 1.162Mt in October 2015, according to the latest figures by the country’s statistics office, DANE. Domestic cement production in October reached 1.076Mt, down 11 per cent YoY. In the first 10 months of 2016, domestic dispatches saw a 5.2 per cent drop to 10.077Mt when compared with 10.632Mt reported in October 2015. Cement production reached 10.388Mt, down four per cent YoY. |
Vietnam 10M16 output up 15%31 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s cement production in the first 10 months of 2016 is estimated to be 64Mta, up 14.9 per cent YoY, according to the government-run General Statistics Office. In October, preliminary figures show a 14.1 per cent rise YoY to 7.1Mt. In the first nine months of the year, the country produced 56.9Mt of cement. Vietnam has 76 cement production lines with a total output of 81.56Mt, supported by limestone reserves that are expected to last for the next 100 years and are able to support... |
Peru's cement market shows minor decline in August20 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsIn August Peruvian cement demand reached 0.868Mt, representing 4.3 per cent decline YoY, according to Asocem, the country's cement association. To complement local output, around 43,000t of cement and 87,000t of clinker were imported. Domestic output reached 0.922Mt, the supply surplus being largely absorbed by exports, which reached 0.05Mt in the same month. In addition to 54,000t of cement passing through the country’s border controls - a YoY doubling of volumes, some 22,000t of clinke... |
Chinese imports into Kenya show 10-fold rise12 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsNew figures from the Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics reveal that the country imported KES2.2bn (US$21.7m) of cement from China in the first six months of 2016, up more than ten-fold on last year. A report by Business Daily Africa notes that these latest data look set to increase tension between Kenyan producers and Chinese contractors working on some of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects. The Chinese building firms have repeatedly denied claims that they import cement a... |
Argentina reports upturn in cement demand in August08 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Argentina increased by 6.7 per cent YoY in August, according to preliminary figures published by the Argentine cement association, AFCP. The domestic market required the supply of 1,042,862t, up from 977,469t in August 2015. Argentine output was supplemented by 1.366Mt of imports, unlike the same period of the previous year when no imports entered the country. Exports fell by nearly 20 per cent from 4.152Mt in August 2015 to 3.33Mt one year later. For the first ei... |
Colombia: consumption falls 20% YoY in July31 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsColombia saw its cement market contract by 19.7 per cent YoY in July to 924,900t, according to the latest figures by Dane, the country’s statistics office. A round 68.2 per cent of this total was delivered as bagged cement and 31.8 per cent in bulk. Nearly 75 per cent of bulk cement was supplied to ready-mix companies and a further 17 per cent to construction companies and contractors. Domestic production contracted by 17.6 per cent to 915,200t in July when compared with the same mont... |
Vietnam: cement output up 15.2% YoY31 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsVietnam is estimated to have produced 50.6Mt of cement in the first eight months of 2016, a 15.2 per cent increase from the same period last year, according the the government-run General Statistics Office. Cement output in August is expected to climb 13.1 per cent to 6.5Mt compared to August 2015. Following China, India, Iran and the US, Vietnam is the fifth-largest cement producer in the world. It operates 76 production lines with a combined output of 81.56Mta. Vietnam is currently f... |
Vietnam cement sales reach 45.02Mt in Jan-Jul 201623 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsInclement weather conditions resulted in Vietnam’s cement sales slipping to 5.15Mt in July, but prices remained stable, according to the country’s Ministry of Construction. Exports stood at 1.1Mt. In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam’s cement sales reached 45.02Mt. Around 35.52Mt was sold in the domestic market, up 14 per cent YoY, while 9.5Mt of cement and clinker were exported, 1.6 per cent less than in Jan-Jul 2015. At present, Vietnam has 76 cement production lines and a... |
Iran: exports reach 4.4Mt in first four months22 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsIran exported 2.57Mt of cement and 1.83Mt of clinker in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar (20 March-21 July 2016), according to the Secretary of the Cement Industry Employers Association, Abdolreza Sheikhan. Domestic output by the country’s 70 cement plants reached 18.75Mt during this period. In the past Iranian calendar year 1394 (ended on 19 March 2016), exports of cement and clinker stood at more than 15Mt, a 20 per cent decrease compared to the preceding year due t... |
Sri Lankan cement imports up in 201622 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsSri Lanka’s cement production edged up by 19.7t to 1.04Mt in January-May 2016 and imports were up 18.4 per cent to 1.88Mt. Collectively, production and imports rose by 450,000t to 2.93Mt for the first five months of 2016, an 18.9 per cent increase compared to a year earlier. In the same period in 2015, production and imports rose by 103,000t to 2.46Mt, a 4.4 per cent advance when compared with a year earlier. The country has recently witnessed a recovery in demand in the housing sector... |