Cement News tagged under: production
Mozambique prices expected to fall22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsMozambique’s minister of industry and trade Armando Inroga expects cement prices will fall by year-end as production stabilises. Further reductions are expected next year as competition increases with new facilities coming on-stream. In the capital Maputo prices have climbed from MZN215/50kg bag (US$7.5) to MZN240 (US$8.3). Prices are reported to be much higher in the central and northern provinces. For example, in Sofala, Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado, prices are in excess of MZN350/ba... |
Iran forecast to produce 75Mt cement by year-end22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIran is projected to produce 75Mt of cement by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2013), according to local news reports. ISNA quoted Iranian deputy industry minister, Vajihollah Jafari, as saying that production capacity will be 86Mt by the end of the year. Iran exported over 6.8Mt of cement during the first six months of the current (Iranian) year. |
Spain's cement consumption fall accelerates19 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe latest cement sales figures coming out of Spain offer little, if any, hope for the country’s cement producers that business may be picking up. While in August, a 34 per cent drop in sales was noted, September registered a worse contraction. Consumption barely made 1Mt, thus recording a 38 per cent decrease MoM to 1.047Mt. Cement factories noted a 27 per cent fall in output to 1.272Mt in September. For the year to date, national cement consumption fell by 34.6 per cent to 10.61Mt in ... |
BofAML says China cement industry trends turned positive18 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsChinese cement stocks have rebounded 20 per cent since early September, and Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch believes the industry outlook tends to turn positive as new production capacity is expected to plunge starting from 2013. The demand for and production capacity of cement are set to be more balanced after excessive production capacity in the third quarter. Moreover, cement demand will recover moderately along with the improvement in property sales. (Source: AA Stocks Financial News). |
Sibirsky Cement nine month output rises, Russia18 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsSibirsky Cement increased cement output 5.3 per cent YoY to 3.148Mt in the nine months to September 2012, the company said in a statement. Sibirsky Cement, which comprises three plants, sold 3.172Mt of cement in this period, a 6.2 per cent increase on the year. Output of the Topkinsky Cement plant in the Kemerovo region was 2.139Mt, a seven per cent increase. Krasnoyarsky Cement, located in the Krasnoyarsk Region, produced 662,800t of cement, a one per cent increase. Meanwhile, the Ti... |
Anhui Conch Cement sees strong September sales and output growth, China17 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsThe start of peak seasonal demand in China has boosted Anhui Conch's September sales and output as average prices register weekly gains. A China Securities Journal report said on Wednesday, which cited a number of brokers, said that subsidiaries of the cement giant have been running at full capacity, and some of their output in September has hit new high. In addition, some subsidiaries have exceeded the target output and sales tasks for September and the third quarter of this year. Its Hu... |
Holcim: September '1208 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements increased production for the first nine months of the year by 6.1 per cent to 16.38Mt, while deliveries were ahead by 6.2 per cent to 16.77Mt. For the month of September, Ambuja Cements increased shipments by 4.9 per cent to 1.55Mt, while the monthly production rose by 6.6 per cent to 1.56Mt compared with a 1.6 per cent decline the previous September. Sister company ACC Ltd increased cement deliveries for the nine months by 2.4 per cent to 18.22Mt, while production was r... |
Ambuja Cements September sales and output climb, India04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian producer Ambuja Cements said sales rose 4.73 per cent to 1.55Mt in September from 1.48Mt in the same month a year ago, the company said in a statement. The company reported growth of 6.85 per cent in cement production at 1.56Mt, compared to 1.46Mt in September 2011. For the first nine months of this year, sales reached 16.37Mt, a 6.23 per cent increase compared to 15.41Mt in the same period of last year. Production, meanwhile, rose six per cent during the period to 16.38Mt from 15.4... |
ACC September cement production up 9%, India02 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd, part of the Holcim Group, reported that its production in September rose by nine per cent to 1.82Mt from 1.67Mt in the same month of 2011. Dispatches reached 1.80Mt, compared with 1.73Mt, an increase of four per cent. For the first nine months of this calendar year, cement production stood at 18.28Mt compared with 17.76Mt in the corresponding period last year, an increase of three per cent. Meanwhile, cement dispatches were 18.22Mt, up by two per cent from 17.79Mt in January-Septe... |
Colombian market update28 September 2012, Published under Cement NewsIn August 2012, grey cement production in Colombia reached 939,600t, representing a growth of 0.2 per cent over the same period of 2011, according to data released by Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (Dane). During the month, 906,500t of grey cement was shipped to the domestic market, which represented a decrease of 1.1 per cent. So far this year to August 2012, grey cement production reached 7,247,900t, representing an increase of three per cent over the same period ... |