Indonesian cement industry down 2% in 1H19
The Indonesian Cement Association has reported that domestic cement sales volumes in the 1H19 dropped 2.2 per cent YoY to 29.4Mt due to weaker demand from Java (-2.8 per cent Yo...
Capacity Utilisation
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Livetouch International seeks production increase
Zimbabwean cement producer Livetouch International, part of Diamond Cement, plans to increase its cement capacity utilisation rate from the current 45 per cent. The Redcliff-bas...
Pakistan's utilisation levels expected to keep falling
Current downward trends in Pakistan's domestic cement demand are expected to impact capacity utilisation. Overall cement sales in the country declined by 12 per cent YoY in Febr...
Oficemen downgrades growth forecast
Cement producers have reduced their growth forecast for 2018 from 12 per cent to seven per cent, according to Oficemen, Spain’s cement association. They attribute the lower grow...
Pakistan records highest capacity utilisation
All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has released data for the month of May, 2018, The previous highest capacity utilisation was achieved in 1992-93, it reached...
Sino-Zimbabwe awaits public infrastructure project pick-up
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement Co (SZCC) is hanging hopes on development deals between Zimbabwe and China to improve its turnover. The joint venture between China and Zimbabwe's governmen...
Pakistan's capacity utilisation stands 91%
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) reports that the domestic cement industry's capacity utilisation in the first eight months of this fiscal year (stood a...
Pakistan cement industry records highest capacity utilisation in 7MFY17-18
The capacity utilisation of the Pakistani cement industry during the first seven months of this fiscal reached 91.3 per cent, the highest since 2004-05, according to the All Pak...
Gaining momentum in 2018?
The positive outlook predicted at the start of 2017 has not entirely materialised as emerging markets (EM) have failed to see the widespread recovery that was anticipated a year...
Nepal sees an increase in capacity utilisation
Nepal's manufacturing industries utilised 57.3 per cent of their capacity on average in FY16-17 that concluded in mid-July, acording to an "Economic Activities Study Report 2016...