Cement News tagged under: Armenia
Armenia imposes 6-month cement import ban28 December 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Armenian government has banned imports from third countries for a period of six months. The step was taken to create favourable conditions for local cement producers. “The adoption of the decision is due to the need to regulate the importation of cement from third countries and to create equal conditions for cement produced and imported in the local cement market” indicates government text. In the January-October 2023 period, 0.965Mt of cement were produced in Armenia, up 20.1 per cen... |
Kyrgyzstan production up 7% in 202224 February 2023, Published under Cement NewsThe Kyrgyz cement industry produced 2.666Mt of cement in 2022, according to the Eurasian Economic Commission. This represents a YoY increase of 7.1 per cent. Kazakhstan’s cement output reached 12.088Mt while in Russia cement plants produced 60.667Mt. Armenia’s cement output was over 1Mt, up by 17.7 per cent YoY. |
Armenia reduces import duty for cement09 September 2022, Published under Cement NewsArmenia’s parliamentary committee on economic affairs has given the green light on a bill by ruling Civil Contract Party MP Babken Tunyan on the lowering of import duty on cement and abolishing import duties on clinker. If passed by parliament, the cement import duty will fall from AZD14,000 to AZD9000 while clinker import duties will no longer be levied. The new bill is expected to address the shortage of cement in the market. |
Armenia extends import ban for six months29 January 2021, Published under Cement NewsArmenia has extended a ban on cement imports from non-Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries for another six months, according to ArmenPress. The aim of the ban is to protect the domestic market and domestic production. The previous temporary ban had expired on 1 January 2021. |
Armenia set to extend import duty on cement27 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsArmenia’s National Assembly passed at the first reading the amendments to extend the validity of the state duty set on cement imports until 31 December 2020. The country has imposed a AMD14,000/t duty on cement imports from Iran and other countries since it ratified the legislation on 3 June 2019, a law that expires on 1 April 2020. "Over a period between July and December, the volumes of cement imported from Iran have shrunk, that is, 19.2t of cement were imported in one month of 2018, wh... |
Ararat Cement suspends construction of Kapan mill25 September 2019, Published under Cement NewsArmenia’s Ararat Cement has announced that it will be suspending construction of a grinding mill in Kapan, in the southeast of the country. The decision follows public opposition to the plans over the past two years, according to Arm Info. "The board of directors of the multi-group concern, taking into account the opinions of the owner of the concern, Gagnka Tsarukyan, about the need to take into account the wishes of people, decided to suspend the process of building the enterprise," the ... |
Armenia places import duty on Iranian cement03 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsArmenia's parliament has approved a 14,000/t duty to be set on imported cement from Iran. A total of 85 law makers voted in favour of the duty with 16 voting against and three abstaining. The Armenia party also wanted a state duty on the import of clinker from Iran but this has not been put in place. The bill for the cement duty passed while a group of construction workers protested outside parliament. The demonstrators were arguing that the duty would increase prices of cement. Babken Tun... |
Armenia raises cement import duty22 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe National Assembly of Armenia passed a law to establish import duties of AMD22,000/t (US$45.56/t) on the import of cement for a period of one year, until April 2020. The move comes after protests held by local cement plant employees against low cost imports into Armenia. “We cannot allow the closure of our cement producing enterprises. They need state support," argued the Economic Development and Investment Minister, Tigran Khachatryan. He said that in 2018, local production increased by... |
Armenia to increase cement import levy22 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsArmenia’s government is taking measures to protect domestic cement producers from competition by cement producers in neighbouring countries. The state policy of subsidising the cost of gas and electricity in Armenia’s neighbours has led to a rise in more competitively-priced imports into Armenia. As result, output volumes at Armenia’s cement plants, Ararat and Hrazdan, have significantly decreased. Around 2Mta of product is currently stored in warehouses with only one-third sold. In Januar... |
Hrazdan Cement restarts production under Russian ownership15 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsArmenia's Hrazdan Cement Corp is operating again and has been bought by GM Holding, which is under Russian ownership. Zhoghovurd (People) newspaper, reports that GM Holding is owned by Arsen Mikaelyan, chairman of Armbusinessbank CJSC board, which belongs to billionaire Vitaly Grigoryants, born in Karabakh, who lives in Russia. According to the newspaper, after the purchase-sale transaction investments were made in December 2017, the Armenian cement plant has started operating. Hr... |