Cement News tagged under: Asocem
Peru's cement market contracts 4.8% in November16 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Peru fell 4.8 per cent YoY in November 2015, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Some 0.884Mt of cement was sold, down from 0.929Mt in November 2014. Total sales saw a 3.4 per cent drop to 0.923Mt. Output fell five per cent YoY from 0.973Mt to 0.924Mt in November 2015. |
Peru’s demand falls 1.9% in September16 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Peru slipped 1.9 per cent in September to 0.887Mt from 0.905Mt in September 2014, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Exports declined by 13.9 per cent to 26,000t in September. Cement production increased 4.6 per cent YoY to 0.958Mt as the new plant of Cementos Pacasmayo, located in Piura, came on-stream. However, Asocem said: “The September production [figure] includes several tests at the new plant and therefore the strong rise in output is an anom... |
Peru: cement sales decline 5.2% in July17 August 2015, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s cement market contracted 5.2 per cent in July, according to Asocem, the country’s cement producers’ organisation. Deliveries fell from 846,000t in July 2013 to 802,000t in 2014. Total dispatches, which includes exports, decreased by 5.5 per cent YoY from 870,000t to 822,000t over the same period. The association attributes the fall in domestic sales to lower public investment as well as a weak private investment. "Public investment continues to decline. National government spending... |
Peru: cement sales fall 8.4% in May17 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Peru fell by 8.4 per cent YoY in May to 779,000t, reflecting an accelerating contraction of the domestic market, according to cement association Asocem. In April sales decreased 7.1 per cent YoY to 767,000t. Output from Peru’s cement plants dropped 5.7 per cent from 887,000t in May 2014 to 836,000t. In the past 12 months domestic consumption slipped by 0.2 per cent while total output fell by 0.1 per cent. The recent lack of market activity has been attributed to... |
Peru: cement shipments rise21 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsPeru's ASOCEM cement association reports that in July its members delivered 88,277t of cement in the domestic market. The January to July shipments are up YoY for the same period by 11 per cent rise, while a total of 16,349t of cement were also exported during July 2013. |