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Saudi Arabian cement sales fall in February

08 March 2022, Published under Cement News

The aggregate sales of 17 Saudi Arabian cement producers fell 14 per cent to 4.3Mt in February, from 5Mt in the same month last year, according to recent data issued by Yamama Cement Co . Locally, 14 market players reported lower sales: Northern Region Cement C o with a 63 per cent YoY drop, followed by Arabian Cement Co, down 34 per cent YoY, and Al-Jouf Cement Co, down 30 per cent YoY.  However, three companies recorded higher sales, led by Yamama Cement Co with a 75 per cent YoY...

Saudi Cement sales fall to 4.7Mt in November

09 December 2021, Published under Cement News

The aggregate sales of 17 Saudi cement producers decreased by five per cent to 4.7Mt in November, compared to 4.9Mt in the same month last year, according to Yamama Cement Co. Locally, 14 market players reported lower sales, led by Northern Region Cement Co with a 54 per cent YoY drop. It was followed by United Cement Industrial Co, whose sales were down 31 per cent YoY, and by City Cement Co, which posted a fall in sales of 20 per cent YoY. Three companies recorded higher sales, headed...

Another busy export year for Pakistan’s cement industry

21 July 2021, Published under Cement News

The Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) of Pakistan has released cement export data for the just-concluded FY20-21 (July 2020-June 2021). Both value and quantity of exports rose in this period when compared with the equivalent months in FY19-20. Pakistan's cement industry in 12MFY20-21 earned US$267.91m of export revenue by dispatching 7.815Mt of cement and clinker overseas, compared to US$259.44m from 7.11Mt of exports in the year-ago period. The export figures represent a noticea...

Indonesian domestic cement demand falls 10% in 3Q20

16 November 2020, Published under Cement News

Indonesia's cement demand fell 9.7 percent to 17,499,807t in the 3Q20 from 19,384,326t in the 3Q19, according to the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). The decline in domestic cement consumption was mitigated by a 62.4 per cent surge in exports, which increased to 3,128,985t in the 3Q20 from 19,384,326t in the year-ago period. Of this total, 2,725,493t of clinker was exported, up 79.3 per cent YoY, and 403,492t of cement, down 0.7 per cent YoY. Domestic sales plus exports in t...

Will Turkish cement exports come under pressure?

17 July 2020, Published under Cement News

As the second-largest cement exporter after Vietnam, Turkey's cement industry has for many years exported its surplus around the world. However, analysts anticipate Turkish trade to contract due to COVID-19 as the pandemic affects trans-Atlantic exports to the US, as well as other countries where anti-dumping measures increase in response to local surpluses - most recently Georgia . However, this week's news indicates that Turkish cement exporters have found ways to boost their sales, at le...

Euro-Med trading trends

14 July 2020, Published under Cement News

Since 2012 the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea have suffered from various challenges, including economic crises, increasing migration flows and Islamism, wars, political instability, oil price fluctuations and now the COVID-19 pandemic. This uncertainty has affected construction activity in most Mediterranean countries. With growing CO 2 concerns and stronger EU-related regulations, regional cement producers are not playing in international markets with the same cards: non-EU pl...

Iran's cement and clinker exports rise 22%

06 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Iran exported 11.4Mt of cement and clinker to 37 countries in the first eight months of the Iranian year from 21 March 2019-21 November 2019. Exports during the period rose by 22 per cent, compared to the corresponding period a year ago, according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organisation. Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Russia were the top destinations for cement and clinker exports and the top 10 countries accounted for 78 per ce...

Clinker exports lead in export during 5MFY19/20

02 January 2020, Published under Cement News

Pakistan overseas export of cement and clinker saw a healthy growth of 21.5 per cent during the first five months of FY19-20 (July-November 2019) to 3.608Mt from 2.97Mt in the year-ago period. The country exported 1.657Mt of clinker out of a total of 3.608Mt of cement/clinker in 5MFY19-20 as compared to 800,773t of clinker out of total 2.97Mt of cement/clinker in 5MFY18-19, according to All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA). Pakistan exported 1.157Mt of cement to Afghanist...

Indonesian exports advance 15% in November

18 December 2019, Published under Cement News

Cement and clinker exports from Indonesia rose 15.4 per cent to 648,354t in November 2019, according to figures published by Semen Indonesia. In November 2018 exports totalled 561,950t. Cement exports fell 6.1 per cent YoY to 129,621t in November when compared with 138,079t in November 2018. However, the decline was offset by a 22.4 per cent rise in clinker exports. In November 2019 clinker exports advanced to 518,733t from 423,871t in the previous year. January-November 2019 Total exp...

Azerbaijan sees 6% YoY fall in clinker export value

05 November 2019, Published under Cement News

Azerbaijan’s Gazakh cement plant exported about 253,000t of clinker to Georgia in January-August 2019, according to Turan. The average export value of Azerbaijani clinker to Georgia has amounted to US$37.48/t so far this year. However, at the same time the export value of clinker decreased 5.8 per cent compared to the average for 2018. According to the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan, a total of US$9.48m was generated from the export of clinker to Georgia during the first eight months...