Cement News tagged under: consumption
Spain’s cement demand holds at just below 11Mt in 201421 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain reached 10.79Mt in 2014, largely stable when compared to the 10.74Mt recorded in 2013, latest figures released by domestic cement association Oficemen show. The bottoming out from a steady decline experienced in recent years was helped by the 12.5 per cent expansion of the domestic market in December. Output in Spain’s cement factories increased 5.4 per cent YoY to 13.91Mt from 13.2Mt in 2013. However, in December, inventories fell as production decreased by ni... |
Morocco’s cement demand falls 5.4% in 201420 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe fall in Morocco’s cement consumption declined by 5.4 per cent, following a 6.3 per cent reduction in 2013, according to the Moroccan Economics and Finance Ministry (DEPF). The positive trend is attributed to good sales in March, August, October and December 2014, when sales advanced 8.2, 26.5, 1.4 and 0.6 per cent, respectively. |
Algeria’s expansion drive19 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs cement demand rapidly increases across north Africa, Algeria leads the region’s drive to increase its cement production capacity. Supported by an active housing and infrastructure construction sector, domestic cement demand is expected to remain high, offering plenty of opportunity for existing and new cement plants. Algeria’s housing shortage and a need for infrastructural development is expected to ensure a continued buoyant domestic cement market Algeria’s economy is on... |
Peru’s cement market stable in 201419 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s cement market absorbed around 881,360t of cement in December 2014, according to the latest data from the country’s cement association, Asocem. Domestic producers reached an output of 932,603t in the last month of 2014, of which 37,491t of cement were exported as well as 30,014t of clinker. Comparative figures for December 2013 revealed a 3.3 per cent increase in national dispatches but a 7.5 per cent decrease in cement exports. Production rose 0.5 per cent in December YoY. Full... |
Indonesia: a return to higher ground?16 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsAs Indonesia’s cement sales growth disappointed last year, the industry is hoping a revival of government infrastructure spending will help overcome recent challenges and return demand levels to higher ground. From strong double-digit growth rates experienced in the 2011-12 period, Indonesian cement volume expansion has been slowing over the past two years. Latest industry figures show that Indonesian cement sales increased by just 3.6 per cent in 2014, dragged down by higher interest rat... |
The year ahead...12 January 2015, Published under Cement News2015 has got off to something of a bumpy start with sharply-declining oil prices (below US$50/bbl at the time of writing), on-going geopolitical risks (eg Russia and Syria), and economic uncertainty in some key regions, most notably the eurozone. China will continue to be the focus of attention as its government tries to engineer a smooth transition from an investment-driven to consumption-led economy. This will have big implications for cement demand, which has been a major beneficiary of ... |
Indonesia: 2014 cement sales fall short of expectations12 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsIndonesian cement sales fell short of expectations last year, increasing by 3.6 per cent YoY to 59.9Mt, according to the latest data from the Indonesia Cement Association (ASI). Including exports, total sales increased by three per cent to 60.174Mt. Cement exports were upby 30.5 per cent to 220,284t while clinker exports fell 88.7 per cent to 44,878t. Java remained the largest cement consumption market, accounting for 33.7Mt of sales (+4.1 per cent), followed by Sumatra with 12.4Mt (+2.2 p... |
Stronger markets in 2015?09 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsWhat does 2015 have in store for the cement sector? After three relatively poor years in terms of global construction expansion, Morgan Stanley (UK) predicts a tentative recovery in world consumption in spite of a significant slowdown in China, according to new analysis published in International Cement Review. Morgan Stanley expects global cement demand, inclusive of China, to rise to 2.8 per cent in 2015, marginally up from the 2.5 per cent growth recorded in 2014, which was the ... |
Argentine cement market contracts 3.5 per cent in 201408 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsIn December 2014, Argentina’s cement demand fell 10.4 per cent MoM and 2.5 per cent YoY to 892,313t, according to the latest data from AFCP, the Argentine cement association. The country’s cement producers supplied 905,306t of cement, including exports, registering a MoM drop of 10.4 per cent and 2.4 per cent YoY. For the full-year, domestic demand reached 11,271,399t, down 3.5 per cent when compared with 2013. Imports fell from 5431t to 2499t, down 54 per cent. Argentina producers also... |
Spain: November demand up, 2014 largely stable19 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain rose 2.7 per cent in November to 902,312t, according to the latest data of Oficemen. The November data take domestic consumption in the first 11 months of 2014 to 10,009,922t, slipping by 0.3 per cent on the previous year’s figure. The cement association expects full-year demand to reach just below the 11Mt mark, similar to consumption recorded in 2013. Although Spain’s market is showing signs of stabilisation, Oficemen president, Isidoro Miranda, said acti... |