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Indonesian July 2014 cement delivery fall 25%

11 August 2014, Published under Cement News

Indonesian cement dispatches dropped by a quarter YoY to 3.7Mt in July 2014. The slowdown is attributed to falling economic growth, the presidential election and the Idul Fitri/Lebaran holiday. Apart from business closures, the holiday also leads to the large-scale movement of workers to their hometowns, which results in trucks being banned from specific roads. According to Widodo Santoso, chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI), cement sales are expected to recover and expand...

Pakistan: good FY14 with positive outlook for FY15

07 July 2014, Published under Cement News

Domestic cement sales in the last month of FY14 jumped 14.32 per cent to 2.53Mt compared to 2.21Mt during June 2013. Exports were also up, although at a more modest rate of 2.9 per cent, reaching 685,000t, according to the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association. For the full-year, cement sales in Pakistan increased 4.32 per cent to 26.14Mt from 25.06Mt the previous year. Exports declined 2.87 per cent YoY from 8.37Mt to 8.133Mt. However, with total sales rising from 33.432Mt to 34....