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The Japanese economy has recently shown signs of recovery, but stagnation still looms large. Public and private sector investment remain below par. With cement consumption decreasing and forecast to continue falling in the longer term, the Japanese cement industry continues to battle with overcapacity. The market dictates an ongoing effort to rationalise production power drastically to remain competitive both in the domestic market and the global arena, where big neighbour China flexes its muscle and looks overseas to market its cement in a post-Olympic construction slump

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BusinessCem Moscow
24 May 2013
Russia’s cement market is enjoying significant levels of growth and supplied an ideal backdrop to BusinessCem’s 23rd International Conference and Exhibition, which took place at the President Hote...
Taiheiyo Cement full-year pretax profit seen beating estimates
09 May 2013
Japan’s leading cement producer, Taiheiyo Cement Corp, is expected to have posted a 70 per cent YoY rise in pretax profit for the fiscal year to the end of March 2013. Net profit is expected to ...
Pennsuco's green credentials
15 April 2013
Over the past few years, Titan America has transformed its Pennsuco cement plant into a leading pioneer of green initiatives for the cement industry. As well as using alternative fuels for pyropro...
Ube Industries prepares for further growth in domestic demand, Japan
04 April 2013
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 ...
Taiwan: plenty of promise
20 March 2013
Taiwan cement consumption has been holding relatively firm since 2010 and despite a slight dip last year, is expected to show a steady performance in the years ahead. To increase capacity utilisat...
Freight prices to receive triple boost
11 March 2013
As an oversupply in shipping capacity continues to plague the dry bulk freight market market with the Baltic Dry Index bumping along the bottom, there may be some signs of improvement. Higher fore...
India: introducing co-processing
11 March 2013
With waste generation expected to increase as India develops its economy further, the co-processing and treatment of industrial and hazardous waste in energy- and resource-intensive industries suc...
Credit Suisse upgrades Taiheiyo Cement, Japan
06 March 2013
Credit Suisse has upgraded Japan’s leading cement producer Taiheiyo Cement to Outperform from Neutral and sees improved profits for the company in the next fiscal. The house sees a one-off but s...