Bangladesh cement industry growing with good pace
Cement production in Bangladesh has increased at a healthy rate in the last few years, according to a report by a local cement company. In FY2017-18 domestic output grew 9.4 per...
Cement Consumption
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SNIC reports rise in February sales but warns of uncertainty
Cement sales in Brazil increased by 6.4 per cent YoY to 4.1Mt in February 2019, according to the country's cement association, SNIC. According to SNIC President, Paulo Camillo P...
Kenya's cement consumption drops to 5.49Mt in 2018
Kenya's cement consumption dropped for the second year in a row to 5.49Mt n 2018, according to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The decline in cement consumption come...
Chilean cement sales up 8% in January
Cement sales in Chile, excluding imports, advanced by 7.6 per cent to 350,122t in January 2019 when compared to January 2018. In January 2018 sales by domestic producers reached...
Saudi megaprojects unable to halt cement demand decline in 2019
Saudi Arabia’s high-profile large-scale project will be unlikely to halt a fall in cement demand in 2019, according to Al Rajhi Capital. The third-quarter of 2018 saw sales volu...
Puerto Rican cement sales increase 3% in January
Cement sales in Puerto Rico increased by 3.3 per cent in January 2019 when compared with January 2018, according to news service Sin Comillas. The latest rise represents the 13t...
Scotiabank forecasts 6% growth in Peru’s cement demand
Cement consumption in Peru is predicted to expand by around 6.5 per cent in 2019, according to Scotiabank. The bank attributes the third-consecutive annual rise to a higher leve...
Spain's cement demand up 9% in November
Spain’s cement consumption index (IDC) noted a 9.2 per cent YoY increase in November 2018, according to the Spanish cement association, Oficemen. MoM a 2.4 per cent decrease was...
Bangladesh cement industry to expand despite rise in raw material costs
The Bangladeshi cement industry is expanding its capacity despite increases in raw material costs. In 2017 the effective capacity of active plants stood at about 50.20Mta, which...
Kenya's cement consumption drops by 15% in 9M18
Kenya is stuck in a spiral decline of cement demand with sales continuing to plumit in the first 9M18. According to official data the country's cement consumption fell by 113,09...