Pakistan cement sector profitability increased during 1HFY26
The profitability of Pakistan’s listed cement producers improved during the first half of fiscal year 2026 (1HFY26), according to AHL Research. Sector earnings on the Pakistan S...
Capacity Utilisation
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Pakistan's producers turn to exports
Pakistan's domestic sales for the cement industry during the first half of the current fiscal year (1HFY23-24) have grown by a mere one per cent compared to last year. Balloonin...
Pakistan’s cement industry utilisation expected to hover at 57% in FY24
Pakistan’s cement dispatches (ie, local sales plus exports including clinker) over the 5MFY23-24 period (July-November 2023) indicate total dispatches of 47Mt for the full fisca...
Venezuelan cement industry operates 40% capacity
The cement industry in Venezuela is operating at 40 per cent of its installed capacity, according to Orlando Chirinos, president of the Cement Workers Federation (Fetracemento)....
Indonesian cement demand drops 9% in August
Indonesian cement consumption in August declined 8.9 per cent to 5.86Mt in August 2020 when compared to August 2019, according to the Indonesian cement association, ASI. MoM a 7...
India's capacity utilisation falls in the 2Q
The capacity utilisation of India’s top 10 cement producers fell to 52 per cent in the quarter ending 30 June, compared to 76 per cent in the year-ago period, according to The H...
Southeast Asia’s capacity conundrum Premium
Southeast Asia’s vibrant cement industry faces a serious but not insurmountable challenge from the current COVID-19 pandemic. In the long-run, structural overcapacity will be th...
Brazilian cement sales reach 54.5Mt in 2019
Domestic cement sales in Brazil advanced 1.6 per cent YoY to 4Mt in December 2019, according to the country’s National Cement Industry Union (SNIC). In terms of sales per busine...
DRC utilisation rate remains low
The Central Bank of Congo put cement production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 1.842Mt in 2018. Around 1.825Mt were delivered to the domestic market. Production in...
Ukrainian capacity utilisation on the rise
Antidumping duties on Portland cement and clinker from Belarus, Moldova and Russia introduced by the Ukrainian government last summer have led to an increase in output and capac...