Cement News tagged under: Exports
Argentina’s market demand falls 4% YoY in May06 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsArgentine cement consumption decreased by 4.4 per cent to 924,979t in May 2018, according to AFCP, the country’s cement association. When compared with the previous month, demand contracted by 3.5 per cent from 958,184t in April. Of this total, the domestic industry supplied 924,425t, three per cent less MoM, while imports fell from 5160t in April to 554t as Argentina’s producers recovered market share. Compared with May 2017, Argentina’s producers saw their domestic sales ease by 3.9 per... |
Pakistan records highest capacity utilisation06 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsAll Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has released data for the month of May, 2018, which showed capacity utilisation between July and May 2018 was at 94.69 per cent – the highest in Pakistan's history since records began. The previous highest capacity utilisation was achieved in 1992-93, it reached 93.62 per cent. May's data also indicated a dip in local dispatches, due to the reduction of working hours in the Holy month of Ramadan. During May the industry dispatched 3.... |
Fancesa gears up for exports to Paraguay, Argentina and Chile06 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsBolivian cement producer Fancesa will carry out market research in Paraguay, Argentina and Chile this year with a view to entering these markets as soon as the company’s new line is up and running in 2019. While the decision to export was taken in January last year, it was not until last February that the company’s President, Eduardo Rivero, confirmed that the negotiations with Paraguay were moving in the final lap. However, it was expected that exports would start this year. Four mon... |
Attock Cement seeks gypsum/laterite supplier01 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsAttock Cement Pakistan Ltd (ACPL) has invited a tender for the bulk supply of gypsum and laterite in 2018-19. According to the company announcement, offers are invited for the supply of approximately 120,000t of gypsum and 120,000t of laterite between July 2018-June 2019 at its cement plant located at Hub Chowki, Lasbela, Balochistan. Bids are due on 21 June 2018. Sales review 9MFY18 In the first nine months of the 2017-18 financial year, the company's overall cement dispatches of comp... |
Pakistan's exports tipped to increase01 June 2018, Published under Cement NewsExperts are hoping an increase in exports of cement from Pakistan during the outgoing FY18. The country recorded its highest growth of cement exports during 2008-10, when, it hovered around 10.75Mt. Of late, exports have started to drift and reached at 4.66Mt in 2016-17 and 3.9Mt in 10 months of FY18. According to a research house report, cement exports are expected to post stellar growth of more than 37 per cent YoY in May, due to addition of new production plants of Lucky Cement and Att... |
A review of Pakistan cement exports to Afghanistan31 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsPakistan exported 2.43Mt of cement during FY15-16 to Afghanistan, which fell to 1.76Mt in FY2016-17. While Afghanistan remains the biggest export market for Pakistan producers, this translates into a fall of 28 per cent. However, the negative trend would turn into a positive one as the country already exported 1.65Mt of cement to Afghanistan during the first 10 months of the FY17-18. The peak export was 4.72Mt in 2010-11, since then exports have dwindled. Future challenges The industr... |
Pakistan cement likely to face challenges25 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's cement industry is expected to face challenges ahead in view of an increase in production capacity in the north and south, the surging cost of coal prices and a cut in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in FY18-19. These developments are expected to impact on cement prices as well as capacity utilisation – industry experts anticipate and suggest exports are the only respite in the difficult time ahead. With falling capacity utilisation rates over the medium term, p... |
Cameroon sees exports more than double in 201724 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsCement exports from Cameroon reached 57,459t in 2017, a considerable increase from 19,700t in 2016, according to data released by the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Trade. Most of the volume is supplied to countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC). The rise has come on the back of an increase in local cement production by Cameroon’s cement manufacturers, which have a total production capacity of 3.7Mta. The domestic market saw its local supply su... |
Brazilian cement sales in April report 9% increase23 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Brazil increased 8.9 per cent to 4.352Mt in April 2018 when compared with 3.997Mt in April 2017, according to preliminary industry data published by the country’s cement association, SNIC. Exports were up 40 per cent to 7000t in April 2018 from 5000t from the year-ago period. According to the President of the National Union of the Cement Industry (SNIC), Paulo Camillo Penna, the increase in cement sales in April was directly impacted by the number of working days: "We had ... |
Indonesian cement producers see strong export sales23 May 2018, Published under Cement NewsCement producers in Indonesia reported a 79.2 per cent rise in cement exports to 121,917t in April and clinker exports more than tripled to 471,410t from 156,225t in April 2017, according to the Indonesian Cement Association. As a result, total export sales increased 165 per cent to 594,327t in April from 224,277t. In the January-April 2018 period total exports rose by 110.7 per cent from 615,005t in 4M17 to 1,295,957t. Clinker exports saw the strongest growth, up from 297,681t in the ye... |