Global Cement Report
Kazakhstan
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereOil and gas revenues are fuelling construction activity in Kazakhstan and the cement industry is modernising its idle capacity to meet market requirements.
Country Research
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Italian and French winters again disrupt Italcementi
07 May 2013Italcementi's first-quarter turnover declined by 9.3 per cent to €964.8m and the running EBITDA fell by 32.7 per cent to €88.5m. The €21.3m trading profit a year earlier dropped to a €16.5m loss a...
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Karcement to complete Kiln Line No 5 upgrade by 3Q13, Kazakhstan
03 May 2013Karcement, part of the Central Asia Cement group, has said that the upgrade of Kiln Line No 5 will be completed by the third quarter of 2013 and forms part of the company's modernisation programme...
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Vicat
03 May 2013Vicat's first-quarter turnover was ahead by 1.2 per cent to €491m, which represents an underlying improvement of 2.7 per cent. The cement turnover was up by 1.8 per cent to €304m, with cement ship...
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Vicat advances in Asia and Americas
26 April 2013Vicat's first quarter turnover was ahead by 1.2 per cent to EUR491m, which represents an underlying improvement of 2.7 per cent. Cement turnover was up by 1.8 per cent to EUR304m, with cement sh...
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Steppe Cement’s full-year profit rises on increased sales and prices
25 April 2013Kazakhstan-based cement producer Steppe Cement Ltd on Wednesday confirmed that pretax profit more than doubled in the year ended 2012 thanks to sales that were up by almost 10 per cent YoY and hig...
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Russia: status and prospects
17 April 2013The Russian cement industry is ranked in the world top 10 in terms of cement capacity. Amongst the BRIC nations, Russia is second only to China in terms of per capita cement consumption. In recent...
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Steppe Cement's quarter sales volumes slip 2%
09 April 2013Kazakhstan-based producer Steppe Cement reported a two per cent drop in sales volumes for the first three months of the year. In a recent trading statement, the company said it sold 166,121t of...
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HeidelbergCement
04 April 2013HeidelbergCement's turnover improved by 8.9 per cent last year to EUR14,020.2m (US$17,927m) while the EBITDA was ahead by 6.7 per cent to EUR2477.2m. At the trading level, the improvement reached ...