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Iranian cement demand reaches 5.78Mt in June 202126 July 2021, Published under Cement NewsThe Iranian cement market consumed 5.78Mt of cement in June 2021, remaining level with the 5.78Mt reported in May. This demand was entirely met by local cement production, which reached 6.02Mt in June while clinker production stood at 6.75Mt. In May cement and clinker output reached 6.1Mt and 6.68Mt, respectively. In addition, 0.63Mt of clinker and 0.36Mt of cement was exported in June. Exports of both clinker and cement fell when compared with May, when clinker exports were at 0.79Mt a... |
Iranian cement market expands 28% MoM in May16 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsIranian cement consumption in May 2021 reached 5.78Mt. This represents a 28.4 per cent MoM increase from 4.5Mt in April 2021. In addition to domestic deliveries, producers exported 0.34Mt of cement, down 26.1 per cent MoM, and 0.79Mt of clinker, up 3.9 per cent MoM. The country’s cement plants produced 6.1Mt of cement in May 2021, a 21 per cent increase when compared with April 2021, when cement output stood at 5.04Mt. Clinker production declined 4.6 per cent in May 2021 to 6.68Mt from 7M... |
Iran's largest cement line inaugurated02 June 2021, Published under Cement NewsIran’s largest cement line at Abyek Cement Complex was put into operation on Tuesday, according to the Tehran Times. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Alireza Razm Hosseini, the country’s industry, mining and trade minister, noted that Iran’s cement capacity has now reached 80Mta with a demand of 70Mta. However, the exact production capacity of the new line has not been reported. Currently there are 96 cement production lines active in 74 factories across the country, with almost hal... |
Iranian cement demand declines 24% YoY in April18 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsIran’s cement market contracted by 24 per cent YoY to 4.5Mt in April 2021, according to the Iranian Cement Association. In April 2020 the country’s demand reached 5.91Mt. Exports of clinker in April 2021 remained stable at 0.76Mt when compared with April 2020 while cement exports increased by 31 per cent YoY to 0.46Mt. On the supply side, clinker output from domestic cement plants edged up nine per cent to 7Mt, but cement production noted a 19 per cent drop to 5.04Mt when compared with... |
Iran produced 68.3Mt of cement in 202003 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsIranian cement plants produced 68.3Mt of cement in 2020, according to the Cement Industry Employers’ Association. This represents a capacity utilisation rate of 78.5 per cent. The association expects output in 2021 to rise to more than 70Mt. |
Iran's cement exports fall 24% YoY03 December 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe value of Iran’s cement exports in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March-21 October) reached more than US$163.4m, down 11 per cent compared to the same period last year. The quantity of cement exports also fell 24 per cent YoY to 7,630,428t. |
Iran's cement production rises 14% YoY17 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsIran's cement production in the first six months of the year (starting in March 2020) rose 14.4 per cent YoY to 35.63Mt, compared with 31.15Mt in the year-ago period, according to data provided by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year it has exported 5,847,201t of cement, worth more than US$127.9m, to 28 countries. India, Afghanistan, Russia, Iraq... |
Keeping an eye on the gears10 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsOne of the greatest mechanical challenges in rotary kiln maintenance today is maintaining the efficient operation of girth gear and pinion meshing. Misalignment during production creates uneven and unstable stress concentration on the teeth, resulting in component damage. An early-warning system can inform kiln operators long before the mechanical problem and any damages appear. By Paweł Kędzior, Havec Engineering Co, Poland. Misalignment of the girth gear affects every rotary kiln at... |
Iran exports 5.84Mt of cement in five months22 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsIran has exported more than 5.84Mt of cement worth US$127.99m during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (20 March-21 August 2020), according to data from the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan were the top importers of cement from Iran during the period. As recently announced, the production of major construction industry materials is more than double the country's demand. "In this area [the construction industr... |
Iran continues cement exports to Afghanistan20 July 2020, Published under Cement NewsA total of 54,000t of cement have been exported to Afghanistan from Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran, since the start of the Iranian year on 20 March. The cement was transported by 2,056 trucks through the Milak border crossing, said Ayoub Kord, head of the Roads and Urban Development Organisation of Sistan and Baluchestan province. |