Cement News tagged under: imports
Argentina’s market contracts 2% in January08 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsArgentina’s cement market saw a two per cent contraction to 877,200t in January 2022 when compared with January 2021 when sales reached 895,416t, reports the country’s cement association, AFCP. When compared with the previous month, the drop was 14.4 per cent from 1,025,197t. The market was entirely supplied by domestic production, which declined two per cent YoY to 885,993t in January 2022 from 903,614t in January 2021. When compared with December 2021, when output stood at 1,034,552t, th... |
US and Puerto Rican Portland and blended cement shipments up 9% in November07 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico saw a 9.2 per cent YoY hike to 9.4Mt in November 2021, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Texas, California, Florida, Georgia and Ohio accounted for 39 per cent of this total. The leading producing states were Missouri, Texas, California, Florida and Alabama. Masonry cement shipments saw a 10 per cent increase to 197,000t in November 2021 when compared with November 2020. Florida, Texas... |
Spanish cement demand reaches 15Mt in 202104 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain increased 11 per cent YoY to 15Mt in 2021, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. Moreover, sales exceeded those reported in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic made its appearance, but remain firmly under the 20Mt mark that would signal market stabilisation. Exports sales saw a 10.2 per cent uptick to 6.7Mt in 2021 when compared with 2020. Imports expanded by 27.4 per cent YoY to 1.1Mt with the arrival of clinker accounting for 0.551Mt, up 107... |
Italy's production index gains 11% in 11M2102 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Italy increased by eight per cent in October 2021 but slipped six per cent in November when compared with the base year of 2015, according to Federbeton, Italy’s concrete association. Compared with the previous year, this resulted in decreases of one and 11 per cent for October and November, respectively. Domestic output was complemented by imports, which advanced by 60 per cent YoY to 127,189t in October after a seven per cent drop to 108,072t in September. CIF prices... |
AfriSam executive calls for responsible cement manufacture01 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsHannes Meyer, cementitious executive at leading cement producer AfriSam, calls for improved an circular economy, responsible manufacturing practices and a level playing field for South African cement producers on carbon emissions. “To produce this valuable resource, we must start with mining our own deposits. We then process the ingredients through complex technologies that demand considerable financial investment and expertise,” he says. The range of products that result must form ... |
South African cement imports up 19% in 11M2101 February 2022, Published under Cement NewsCement imports into South Africa surged to their highest level in 2021 as they reached 161,555t in November despite the government drive to use domestically-produced product and banning imported cement from public sector construction projects. In October 2021 imports were significantly lower at 34,964t, down from 151,452t in the previous month. In the 11M21 imports volumes expanded 18.7 per cent YoY to 1.097Mt with product coming mainly from Vietnam and Pakistan. |
Madagascar imports 12,000t of cement31 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Madagascan state, through the Ministry of Industrialisation, Trade and Consumption, has imported 12,000t of Lucky Cement at reduced prices. The arrival of the cement should help regulate a market that has now been stable for several months. The cargo arrived in Toamasina, Madagascar, on 17 January and is available at the warehouse of State Procurement of Madagascar (SPM), which is calling on distributors to sell them on to the domestic market. Distributors can purchase the cement at ... |
Sri Lanka back on track for growth?21 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThis Week, Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka) laid the first foundation stone for its 1Mta modernisation project at its Trincomalee factory, commissioning in early 2023. ICR reviews local producers' determination to overcome cement shortages, the ramping up of cement and raw material import infrastructure, and plans for new capex projects. Tokyo Cement Co (Lanka)'s (TCL) investments follow the cement shortages witnessed in the 2H2021, which were mainly due to pandemic related travel restrictions hin... |
COCMAG calls on Ghana's government to cancel imported clinker Fumigation Levy21 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsThe Chamber of Cement Manufacturers, Ghana (COCMAG) said the Fumigation Levy charged on imported clinker is having serious financial toll on cement production companies in the country and pushing cement production costs up. The Executive Secretary of COCMAG, Reverend Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah, who expressed the concern in an interaction with the media, said the local cement manufacturers were working frantically to avert the high cost of production to help reduce or maintain the price of ... |
Peruvian cement market grows 5% in December18 January 2022, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s cement market expanded by 4.7 per cent YoY in December 2021 to 1.275Mt when compared with the previous year’s December month, when consumption reached 1.218Mt, according to the country’s cement association Asocem. Cement production by Asocem members edged up four per cent from 1.077Mt in December 2020 to 1.122Mt in December 2021. They increased their dispatches by a similar figure to 1.093Mt in December 2021 from 1.052Mt. Dispatches from all Peruvian cement producers were also up fo... |