Cement News tagged under: consumption
Swiss cement sales up 2% in 3Q1621 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsSwiss cement deliveries increased two per cent YoY in 3Q16, according to the Swiss cement association, Cemsuisse. In the first nine months of this year, domestic deliveries advanced 5.1 per cent. In 2015 Swiss cement deliveries reached 4.22Mt for the full year, representing a 7.9 per cent YoY drop from 4.58Mt. |
Kazakh cement consumption shows signs of slowing11 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption growth in Kazakhstan is expected to decelerate in 2016, breaking with the decade-long trend of demand expansion of 15-30 per cent annually. Only in 2009, consumption dropped. "We anticipate cement demand nationwide to decline by up to five YoY this year, from two per cent growth last year," Javier del Ser, CEO of London-listed Steppe Cement, told the Nikkei Asian Review. Other economic indicators are also sparking fears of a prolonged downturn. Industrial production ... |
Kazakhstan: struggling economy hits cement industry07 October 2016, Published under Cement NewsWith a slump in oil prices, geopolitical tension between Russia and the West, and a slowdown in the Chinese economy, Kazakhstan’s GDP grew just 0.1 per cent YoY in 1H16. Following the decision of the central bank to partly float the currency, the tenge has fallen from KZT140 to the US$ to KZT340 over the past 30 months. Despite these struggles, construction activity is frenetic in Astana, the country’s capital. US$2bn of government infrastructure projects are underway for Astana Expo 2017... |
Peru's cement market shows minor decline in August20 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsIn August Peruvian cement demand reached 0.868Mt, representing 4.3 per cent decline YoY, according to Asocem, the country's cement association. To complement local output, around 43,000t of cement and 87,000t of clinker were imported. Domestic output reached 0.922Mt, the supply surplus being largely absorbed by exports, which reached 0.05Mt in the same month. In addition to 54,000t of cement passing through the country’s border controls - a YoY doubling of volumes, some 22,000t of clinke... |
Vietnam: cement output up 15.2% YoY31 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsVietnam is estimated to have produced 50.6Mt of cement in the first eight months of 2016, a 15.2 per cent increase from the same period last year, according the the government-run General Statistics Office. Cement output in August is expected to climb 13.1 per cent to 6.5Mt compared to August 2015. Following China, India, Iran and the US, Vietnam is the fifth-largest cement producer in the world. It operates 76 production lines with a combined output of 81.56Mta. Vietnam is currently f... |
Vietnam cement sales reach 45.02Mt in Jan-Jul 201623 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsInclement weather conditions resulted in Vietnam’s cement sales slipping to 5.15Mt in July, but prices remained stable, according to the country’s Ministry of Construction. Exports stood at 1.1Mt. In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam’s cement sales reached 45.02Mt. Around 35.52Mt was sold in the domestic market, up 14 per cent YoY, while 9.5Mt of cement and clinker were exported, 1.6 per cent less than in Jan-Jul 2015. At present, Vietnam has 76 cement production lines and a... |
Preliminary US cement shipments to June 201619 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe US Geological Survey has released preliminary results for the US cement shipments up to June 2016. US deliveries totalled 8,146,984t of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and blended cements in June, while foreign imports totalled just over 1Mt. The state of Missouri produced the most cement during June with a production of 889,858t, closely followed by California’s 889,133t. Florida saw its production of cement reach 506,593t. For the year up to 30 June 2016, US cement producers manu... |
USA: cement shipments rise 5.1% in May05 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in May 2016 were about 8.2Mt, up by 5.1 per cent from sales in May 2015. The leading producing states for Portland and blended cement sales in May were California, Texas, Missouri, Florida, and Michigan, in descending order, and these states accounted for nearly 40 per cent of the national total. The leading cement-consuming states (Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, and Illinois, in descending order) receiv... |
Ecuador: a challenging recovery03 August 2016, Published under Cement NewsWith severe earthquakes, massive debts and low crude oil prices, Ecuador’s way ahead appears uncertain. The country’s future is dependent on the outcome of the 2017 elections and a recovery in oil prices to get the economy moving again in the right direction under positive leadership. By Rob Roy, ROI Consulting, USA. Ecuador faces an uncertain future, but next year's presidential elections may provide the potential for change Ecuadorian cement consumption is expected to decline ... |
Turkey eyes export markets20 July 2016, Published under Cement NewsThe Turkish cement market appears to be on a course of recovery as the latest data indicates robust growth in the first quarter of 2016. However, to reach healthy capacity utilisation levels, particularly in view of any new capacity to come online, the country’s cement producers will continue to rely on solid export sales, which have seen a fall in recent times. By Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB), Turkey. To achieve robust capacity utilisation rates in times ahead, Tu... |