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Pakistan cement dispatches rise on increased exports
Pakistan reported a rise in dispatches last month led by gains in export volumes but domestic sales were subdued. Latest data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers’ Association show cement dispatches reached 3.326Mt last month, of which 2.558Mt was consumed by the domestic mark...
Vietnam cancels nine proposed cement projects
Nine proposed cement projects in Vietnam are to be cancelled by the government following calls by the Vietnam Building Materials Association to help bring cement capacity more in line with market trends. According...
Swiss cement deliveries in the first quarter of 2013
Swiss deliveries increased slightly in the first quarter of 2013 despite harsher weather conditions, latest data from domestic cement association Cemsuisse shows. In the January-March 2013 period, domestic deliver...
Nepal Cement factory limestone supplies obstructed
A cement plant in Nepal has been unable to producer clinker for over a year and a half as local residents have prevented it from extracting limestone. Arghakhanchi Cement Industry obtained a 30-year permit from th...
South African market challenges
Full-year data for South African cement sales released this week show that dispatches edged ahead in 2012, but the growth rate remained tepid. Producers will hope that the government's new infrastructure plans will ...
Indonesia's multi-billion dollar capacity drive continues
Indonesian cement capacity is expected to reach 100Mta by 2017 from the current 60.5Mta with domestic producers and new investors earmarking an estimated US$6.68bn over the next four years to build new and expand exi...
South Africa sales rise by 3% in 2012
South African cement sales edged ahead 2.9 per cent in 2012 to reach 11.6Mt from 11.23Mt the year before, data from the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) shows. For the final quarter of the year, sales were jus...
Ube Industries prepares for further growth in domestic demand, Japan
Japanese cement producer Ube Industries is to develop a limestone mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture to prepare for further expected increases in cement demand. This will be the company’s first mine development in 35 ye...
UltraTech Cement production at 4Mt in March
UltraTech Cement said that the company’s total production for March 2013 was 4Mt. Dispatches were 4.01Mt, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. India’s largest cement company recently announce...
Akmenes Cementas reports encouraging start to 2013, Lithuania
Lithuania’s sole cement producer Akmenes Cementas reported a 13 per cent rise in revenues for the first two months of 2013 to LTL15.2m (EUR4.4m) Sales volumes rose by 16 per cent to 65,000t from 56,000t in the sam...
Vietnam first-quarter cement sales rise 15% YoY
Vietnam cement producers have reported a 15 per cent YoY rise in sales in the first quarter of 2013 to 7.55Mt, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) has reported. The double-digit quarter rise comes despite a 30 per ...
Valderrivas names new President and CEO
The Board of Directors of Cementos Portland Valderrivas has agreed to appoint José Luis Sáenz de Miera as Chairman and CEO. Sáenz de Miera replaces Juan Bejar, who was recently appointed Vice Chairman and CEO of FCC....
Colombia’s cement demand down 2.7% in February
Cement consumption in Colombia slipped 2.7 per cent YoY to 823,700t in February, according to Dane, the country’s national statistics bureau. Retail dispatches fell 5.7 per cent and were the key factor in the fall...
New Nepalese factory begins production
Araniko Cement Industries has started production from its new plant in Jitpur, Bara, Narayani Zone of Nepal, as the cement industry gears up for further infrastructure and housing developments. “We have started pr...
Indian cement price hikes fail to hold in March
Cement price hikes initiated during February in the Indian market have failed to stick during March as demand remains subdued across the country. The Economic Times reports that a number of producers have been for...
Vietnam first-quarter production rises 2.1%
Vietnam is estimated to have produced 12.4Mt in the first quarter of 2013, representing a rise of 2.1 per cent YoY, the latest data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) shows. The government-run office has rev...