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Ecuador sales rise 4.3 per cent, Jan-Sept11 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsSales by domestic cement producers in Ecuador reached 4.36Mt between January-September 2012, up 4.3 per cent YoY compared to the same period of last year (4.18Mt). Data from the Instituto Ecuatoriano del Cement Y Hormigon shows that sales for September 2012 reached 519,919t representing a 4.1 per cent rise compared to September 2011 figures which stood at 499,369t. |
US shipments rise 14% YoY, Jan-July 201210 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico for the year through July were 44.4Mt, up by about 14%, data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) showed. The leading producing states in July were Texas, California, Missouri, Michigan, and Florida, in descending order and accounted for about 43 per cent of total output. The leading consuming States (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, and Illinois, in descending order) received about 35 per cent of the Jul... |
Latin American cement demand rises in 2Q201209 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in the second quarter in major Latin American economies closely reflected the current economic cycle and countries such as Peru, Bolivia and Chile stood out for their dynamism against a background of overall economic growth, according to the latest Infrastructure, Water & Waste Stats report by BNamericas. Peru noted a 18.3 per cent YoY rise to 2.235Mt in cement demand. For 2012, the country is expected to grow by 5.9 per cent, making it the fastest-growing economy in the ... |
Deliveries to Lebanon decline during Jan-July 201208 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement deliveries to Lebanon declined by 5.32 per cent YoY to 3,075,466t during the first seven months of 2012, from 3,248,415t a year earlier. On a monthly basis, deliveries eased by 4.55 per cent to 488,690t in July compared with 511,973t in June. The average monthly growth rate in cement deliveries reached 4.32 per cent during the first seven months of 2012 compared with a higher 7.21 per cent growth in the same period in 2011. The compounded annual growth rate in cement deliveri... |
Holcim: September '1208 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsAmbuja Cements increased production for the first nine months of the year by 6.1 per cent to 16.38Mt, while deliveries were ahead by 6.2 per cent to 16.77Mt. For the month of September, Ambuja Cements increased shipments by 4.9 per cent to 1.55Mt, while the monthly production rose by 6.6 per cent to 1.56Mt compared with a 1.6 per cent decline the previous September. Sister company ACC Ltd increased cement deliveries for the nine months by 2.4 per cent to 18.22Mt, while production was r... |
Lafarge: September '1208 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsLafarge has agreed the sale of two integrated cement works, two quarries, eight batching plants, a fly ash business and certain other downstream assets to Eagle Materials for US$446m. The two cement plants involved are those at Sugar Creek, Kansas City, in Missouri, and at Tulsa in Oklahoma. They have a combined cement capacity 1.6Mta and leaves Lafarge with nine cement plants in the United States. Lafarge Malayan Cement increased its first half turnover by 5.4 per cent to MYR1,338.2m (€... |
Cemex sees 9% increase in 3Q12 operating EBITDA05 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsCemex said on Thursday it expects to report a nine per cent rise in operating cash flow in the third quarter of 2012, compared with the year-earlier period, although sales in dollar terms are expected to be down about two per cent. This is Cemex’s first results guidance in more than three years. The Mexican cement major said that adjusted for currency swings, sales in the third quarter were probably up three per cent from a year earlier, and EBITDA was likely 13 per cent higher. The res... |
Adelaide Brighton full year earnings on track, Australia04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsAdelaide Brighton has confirmed it is on track to meet its 2011-12 earnings guidance, underpinned by its exposure to the resource and infrastructure sectors. Speaking to the Australian Financial Review, Adelaide Brighton managing director Mark Chellew said the group’s 2012 financial year net profit guidance was between A145m-155m. Although the group has been hit by a slowdown in the residential sector, it has reviewed its resources-based cement exposure and was not expecting any fall in ce... |
Ambuja Cements September sales and output climb, India04 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIndian producer Ambuja Cements said sales rose 4.73 per cent to 1.55Mt in September from 1.48Mt in the same month a year ago, the company said in a statement. The company reported growth of 6.85 per cent in cement production at 1.56Mt, compared to 1.46Mt in September 2011. For the first nine months of this year, sales reached 16.37Mt, a 6.23 per cent increase compared to 15.41Mt in the same period of last year. Production, meanwhile, rose six per cent during the period to 16.38Mt from 15.4... |
South Africa’s second-half sales rise seven per cent03 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsSecond-quarter cement sales in South Africa reached 2.91Mt, a seven per cent increase on the same period of the year before (2.7Mt), the latest data from the country’s Cement and Concrete Association (C&CI) shows. First half sales amounted to 5.55Mt, representing a 6.8 per cent rise on the first half of 2011 when figures reached 5.197Mt. For the 12 months to June 2012, the moving annual total was 11.59Mt, a rise of 6.6 per cent compared to 10.872Mt in the comparable period of the previ... |