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Brazil 1Q cement sales down 8% YoY19 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Brazil during the first quarter of 2017 declined by eight per cent YoY to 12.9Mt, according to the latest data from Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento (SNIC). In March 2017 cement sales declined by 4.4 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt. During the past 12 months (April 2016-March 2017) cumulative sales totalled 56.2Mt, 10.2 per cent less than the comparative period a year earlier. Cement consumption (including imports) totalled 4.8Mt in March, in the 12 months to the end... |
Pakistan nine-month sales up 7% YoY12 April 2017, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Pakistan increased by seven per cent YoY in the first nine months of the current fiscal to reach 30.304Mt, latest data from the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) reveals. Of this total, domestic demand was up by 11 per cent but exports fell by 15 per cent. I n March 2017 alone, sales almost totalled 4Mt versus 3.583Mt in the same period a year earlier. However, exports plunged by 60 per cent during the month. A spokesperson for the APCMA said that ceme... |
Pakistan: August cement dispatches rise09 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's cement dispatches in August 2016 stood at 3.585Mt, 16.75 per cent higher than dispatches of 3.071Mt recorded during the same month of previous fiscal year, according to the data released by the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Domestic sales during August 2016 were 3.028Mt against 2.5Mt in August 2015, a growth of 20.92 per cent. Cement sales in the north were 2.495Mt against 2.034Mt in August 2015, while in the south they amounted to 0.532Mt against 0.47... |
Vietnam monthly sales climb 15% YoY11 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsVietnam’s clinker and cement sales climbed 15 per cent from a year earlier to 6.62Mt in January, the Ministry of Construction said. Of the total 5.12Mt were sold in the domestic market, up 17 per cent YoY while 1.5Mt of cement and clinker were exported, the Xay Dung online newspaper cited the ministry as saying Thursday. The ministry forecast that Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker will rise 4-7 per cent YoY to between 75-77Mt. The sum will include between 59-60Mt of domestic sales and ... |
Indonesia sees 3% rise in Feb sales10 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Indonesia rose three per cent YoY to 4.45Mt in February 2016 from the same month one year earlier. Widodo Santoso, chairman of the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI), attributed the country's rising cement sales to the ongoing development of infrastructure projects across the archipelago. Three regions showed a marked increase in cement sales last month: Sumatra (+16.5 per cent YoY to 2.13Mt), Sulawesi (+33 per cent YoY to 841,000t) and the Moluccas & Papua (+31 per c... |
Brazil: monthly sales fall 6.1%10 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Brazil totalled 4.6Mt, down 6.1 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier, according to preliminary results and market estimates gathered by Brazilian National Cement Industries Union, SNIC. Cumulative sales over the last 12 months (ie, March 2015 - February 2016), reached 63.1Mt, down 9.5 per cent versus the comparative period of the year earlier (ie, March 2014 - February 2015). |
Pakistan 8MFY16 dispatches rise on higher domestic demand07 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement dispatches rose 17.49 per cent to 20.89Mt during the first eight months (July-February) of 2015-16 from 17.78Mt in the same period last year. However, exports declined by 24 per cent to 3.8Mt from 5Mt in July-February 2014-15. Total dispatches during the period increased to 24.76Mt from 22.78Mt a year ago, an increase of 8.69 per cent. In February 2016 local sales rose 30 per cent while exports, for the first time since December 2014, showed a slight increase of 1.47 ... |
Vietnam Jan-Feb sales up 6% YoY04 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsCompanies in Vietnam sold 9.44Mt of cement and clinker in the first two months of this year, rising six per cent from a year earlier and fulfilling 12.42 per cent of the whole-year target, the Building Material Department under the Ministry of Construction said. Of the sum, 7.26Mt of cement were sold at the domestic market, up nine per cent YoY, while 2.18Mt were exported, down three per cent YoY. In February the country’s cement sales fell 53 per cent from January and 4.4 per cent from... |
Semen Indonesia eyes 4-5% first-half sales growth04 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsSemen Indonesia expects cement sales to grow between 4-5 per cent in Jan-Jun, driven by the government's push for infrastructure projects, Bisnis Indonesia reported quoting Suparni, president director of the company. For full-year 2015, the company reported an 18.7 per cent drop in net profit to IDR4.52trn (US$336.56m) due to the increase in electricity and distribution costs, as well as the depreciation of the rupiah against the US dollar. Total sales volumes rose by 0.4 per cent to ... |
ASI hopes infrastructure development and housing will boost Feb sales02 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsFollowing the positive start to 2016, the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) hopes to see an increase in February cement sales on the back of the government’s 1m-unit housing programme and infrastructure development in villages (for which the government allocated IDR47trn in the 2016 State Budget). Earlier this week, Indonesian Finance Minister, Bambang Brodjonegoro, said the government's spending on infrastructure projects in the first month of the year had increased 15 times to IDR1.5trn ... |