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Swiss cement deliveries down 5% in 2019

Swiss cement deliveries down 5% in 2019

Deliveries by the Swiss cement industry fell by 4.9 per cent YoY to 1,034,914t in the fourth quarter of 2019 from 1,088,196t in the 4Q18. The latest figures published by Cemsuis...

Puerto Rican sales see 6% drop in 2019

Puerto Rican sales see 6% drop in 2019

Puerto Rican cement sales in 2019 declined 5.6 per cent to 569,485t in 2019 when compared with 2019, according to Sin Comillas. In 2018 sales had surged 38.9 per cent YoY as con...

Peruvian demand up 2% in December

Peruvian demand up 2% in December

Peru’s cement market expanded by 1.6 per cent to 996,000t in December 2019, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Cement production increased 1.2 per cent YoY b...

DR Congo cement demand weakens in 10M19

DR Congo cement demand weakens in 10M19

Grey cement consumption in the Democratic Republic of Congo reached 390,279t in the first 10 months of 2019, according to ACP. Production reached 959,088t during the same period...

Brazilian cement sales reach 54.5Mt in 2019

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...

China's 2020 demand growth forecast increases

China's 2020 demand growth forecast increases

Nomura has increased its 2020 demand growth forecast for China from three per cent to five per cent following expectations that Beijing will continue to support its property and...

Argentina's cement demand falls 6% in 2019

Argentina's cement demand falls 6% in 2019

Argentinian cement sales dropped 6.1 per cent to 11.1Mt in 2019 compared with 11.89Mt in 2018, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. No cement was imported during...

Gabon cement output jumps 21% in 9M19

Gabon cement output jumps 21% in 9M19

Cement production in Gabon has increased by 20.7 per cent in the first nine months of 2019, according to DirectInfosGabon. Output from CIMAF and CimGabon reached 421,356t. Cemen...

Colombian cement dispatches up 2% in November

Colombian cement dispatches up 2% in November

Domestic dispatches in Colombia edged up 1.8 per cent to 1.083Mt in November 2019 from 1.065Mt in November 2018, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Colombian ce...

Chilean cement demand declines 8% in October

Chilean cement demand declines 8% in October

Chile’s cement market contracted by eight per cent in October 2019 to 337,959t from 367,167t in October 2018, according to the Chilean construction chamber (CChC). However, MoM ...