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Swiss cement market contracts 10% in 2023

11 January 2024, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, fell by 10 per cent to 875,146t in the 4Q23 from 971,994t in the equivalent period of the previous year, reports cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. The final quarter of 2023 closed a year of uncertainty for the Swiss construction industry, which found planning construction projects challenging in view of unstable interest and inflation rates. In addition, the supply chains for energy and internationally-sourced materials remain...

Swiss cement deliveries fall 8% in 2Q23

07 July 2023, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland declined 8.2 per cent YoY to 1,049,481t in the second quarter of 2023 from 1,143,153t in the 2Q22, according to cemsuisse, the national cement association. In the first half of the year, cement deliveries decreased by nine per cent YoY to 1,904,624t from 2,093,709t in the 1H22. Of this total, 1,843,798t, or 96.8 per cent of total deliveries, of cement was supplied in bulk while 60,827t (3.2 per cent) was delivered as bagged cement. Buyers showed preference ...

Swiss market contracts by 10% in 1Q23

12 April 2023, Published under Cement News

Deliveries of cement in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, were down 10 per cent YoY to 855,144t in the first quarter of 2023 from 950,556t, according to data published by cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. CEM II/B-M (T-LL) 42,5 N accounted for 32.5 per cent of deliveries while CEM II/A-LL 42,5 N had a 24.5 per cent of the market. CEM II/B-LL 32,5 R accounted for 23.5 per cent of deliveries. CEM I types covered 4.3 per cent of Swiss cement sales. Sales to ready-mix concrete com...

Swiss market contracts by 1% in 2022

11 January 2023, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, were down 6.3 per cent YoY to 971,994t in the fourth quarter of 2022 from 1,037,394t in the 4Q21, according to cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. Low-carbon cements accounted for 94.7 per cent of sales. A total of 73.2 per cent of deliveries were supplied to ready-mix concrete companies while 20.2 per cent of deliveries represented the off-take of construction companies and contractors. In 2022 cement deliveries in Switzerlan...

Swiss market contracts 3% in 3Q22

09 November 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, declined by 2.6 per cent to 1,080,399t in the third quarter of 2022 from 1,108,772t in the 3Q21, according to the Swiss cement association, cemsuisse. In the January-September 2022 period, sales edged up 1.1 per cent to 3,174,108t from 3,139,313t in the 10M21. Ordinary Portland cement (CEM I) sales were down 5.4 per cent YoY in the 3Q22 with 9M CEM I sales down 0.3 per cent YoY. Cement deliveries by rail remained stable with 36...

Swiss decarbonisation report claims high cost for industry to reach net zero

01 September 2022, Published under Cement News

A collaborative decarbonisation report on the Swiss cement sector between ETH Zürich, Jura Cement , Vigier Holding , Holcim , cemsuisse, Swiss Federal Office of Energy and the Federal Office for the Environment has advised that net zero can be achieved by 2050 at a CO 2 abatement cost of CHF113/tCO 2 (US$115/tCO 2 ). This would lead to a mothballed annual decarbonisation cost of approximately CHF300m (US$307m) for the Swiss cement sector. The report claims that abatement costs rise wit...

Swiss deliveries slip in 2Q but up 3% in 1H22

07 July 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, slipped 2.2 per cent YoY to 1,143,153t in the second quarter of 2022 from 1,168,331t in the 2Q21, according to cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. January-June 2022 In the first half of 2022 cement deliveries increased by 3.1 per cent YoY to 2,093,709t from 2,030,542t in the 1H21. Of this total, the largest share of deliveries was low-carbon CEM II cement, which accounted for 87.8 per cent of all deliveries. Bulk cement ac...

Swiss cement market sees 10% pick-up in 1Q22

12 April 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland increased 10.2 per cent to 950,556t in the first quarter of 2022 when compared with 862,210t in the 1Q21, according to the Swiss cement association, cemsuisse. The association attributed the rise in dispatches to a mild winter with high building activity, particularly in January. Deliveries of lower-carbonn CEM II cement remained at a high level with a market share of 89.2 per cent. CEM I Portland cement deliveries remained stable when compared with the 1Q...

Swiss cement dispatches stable in 2021

13 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in the October-December 2021quarter in Switzerland (including Liechtenstein) reached 1,037,394t, up 3.4 per cent when compared with the 4Q20, when 1,002,614t,were supplied to the market, according to cemsuisse, the Swiss cement association. Full-year deliveries edged up one per cent from 4.151Mt in 2020 to 4.177Mt in 2021.  Cement types with a lower clinker factor and therefore, lower CO2 emissions than Portland cement, continued to increase to 94.6 per cent. In addit...

Swiss market remains stable in 9M21

08 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Cement deliveries in Switzerland declined 2.5 per cent to 1,108,772t in the third quarter of 2021, according to cemsuisse, the country’s cement association. In the 3Q20 deliveries reached 1,137,615t.  Adverse weather conditions and delivery bottlenecks for other building materials affected construction activity and demand in the summer. In the first nine months of 2021 domestic deliveries slipped 0.3 per cent to 3,139,313t from 3,148,523t in the 9M20. Deliveries of lower-carbon CEM II ce...