Cement News tagged under: Vietnam
Vietnam cement sales climb 20% YoY15 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement sales by Vietnamese cement producers in the first four months of the year totalled 21Mt, up 20 per cent from a year ago and fulfilling 34 per cent of the 2014 target, according to data from the country’s Ministry of Construction (MoC). Of the total, 15.5Mt were sold domestically while about 5.5Mt of cement and clinker were exported. In April, cement sales climbed by 11 per cent YoY to 6.05Mt, thanks to the implementation of state budget projects such as hospitals, schools and re... |
Vietnam April output estimated to have increased 12.65% YoY29 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam is estimated to have produce 6Mt of cement in April, up seven per cent from March and 12.65 per cent from a year ago, the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO) said. In the four months to the end of April 2014, domestic cement output rose 7.6 per cent YoY to 19.4Mt, the office said in a monthly report. The office revised down the country’s cement output in the quarter to 13.4Mt from the earlier estimated figure of 12.7Mt. In 2013, Vietnam’s cement output hit 56.84Mt, a... |
Vietnam 1Q14 domestic sales rise 8% YoY31 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam sold 10.23Mt of cement in the domestic market in the first quarter of this year, up eight per cent from a year ago, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) said. Shipments in March 2014 alone totalled 4.68Mt. The three-month sales figure accounted for 21 per cent of the country’s full-year target, the MoC said on its website last week. The country exported US$66m worth of cement and clinker between January and March, fulfilling 19.5 per cent of the whole-year target, including US$20m... |
Vicem February sales rise 42% YoY27 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem), the country’s leading cement producer, sold 1.48Mt of cement and clinker in February, up 2.78 per cent from the previous month and 42 per cent from a year ago. Of the total, 1.12Mt of cement and clinker were sold domestically, a rise of 15.1 per cent YoY, while 359,000t of were exported – marking an increase of 513 per cent YoY, In the first two months of the calendar year, total sales rose three per cent YoY to 2.84Mt, of which 2.14Mt was sold to the ... |
Conch full-year net profit rises 48.3%26 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsAnhui Conch Cement Co reported a 48.3 per cent YoY increase in profit attributable to shareholders during 2013 to CNY9.38bn (US$1.5bn) from CNY6.33bn a year ago. Turnover increased 20.75 per cent to CNY55.26bn from CNY45.77bn in 2012. In accordance with PRC Accounting Standards, the group’s revenue amounted to CNY55.3bn, a YoY increase of 20.28 per cent. Sales by region Clinker and cement sales amounted to 228Mt, representing growth of 21.95 per cent YoY. Sales volumes in East and Cent... |
Xuan Thanh gets nod to expand capacity, Vietnam13 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a proposal from the Ministry of Construction to expand capacity of the Xuan Thanh cement plant in the northern province of Ha Nam to 4.5Mta from the current 2.3Mta. The PM asked the ministry to review the planning of the cement industry and remove low-capacity cement projects from planning and report to the government in June. The government leader earlier added Xuan Thanh cement plant in Ha Nam province to the list of projects slated ... |
Southeast Asian advances07 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsSoutheast Asia continues to be a hive of cement activity and recent commentary by local producers suggests the prospects remain promising for certain key markets through 2014. Philippines: new capacity on the way The outlook for the Philippines remains upbeat for 2014, driven by government infrastructure spending and private sector projects. Last year cement sales rose by 5.9 per cent to 18.4Mt, according to local association CeMAP. A rise in construction activity and an increase in the ... |
Vietnam Feb cement output rises 35.3% YoY06 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam produced 3.8Mt of cement in February, down 9.5 per cent from January but an increase of 35.3 per cent YoY, according to the latest data from the government’s General Statistics Office (GSO). In the first two months of 2014, the cement output rose by 6.7 per cent YoY to 8Mt, the office said in a monthly report. The office also revised down the country’s cement output in January to 4.2Mt from the earlier estimated figure of 4.8Mt. In 2013, Vietnam’s cement output hit 56.84Mt, a... |
Vietnam Jan-Feb sales rise 6.7% YoY05 March 2014, Published under Cement NewsVietnam sold 8.4Mt of cement in the first two months of this year, up 6.7 per cent from a year earlier, the Ministry of Construction said. Of the total, 5.3Mt of cement was sold in the domestic market while about 3.1Mt of cement and clinker was exported. At present, the local cement industry has around 2.6Mt of inventory, mainly clinker. Vietnam’s cement sales are predicted to rise by 1.5-3 per cent YoY to between 62-63Mt this year, including 48.5-49Mt of domestic sales and 13.5-1... |
Vicem: January cement and clinker output declines28 February 2014, Published under Cement NewsState-owned Vietnam Cement Industry Corp (Vicem) saw output in January fall to 1.44Mt, a 9.4 per cent decline from December 2013 and 19.5 per cent reduction YoY. Of the total, 986,000t of cement and clinker were sold in the domestic market, down 28.8 per cent MoM and 40.2 per cent YoY, while 456,000t were exported, up 120.3 per cent MoM and 219 per cent YoY, respectively. In January, Vicem produced 1.23Mt of clinker and 1.05Mt of cement, down 11.6 and 16.7 per cent, respectively. Th... |