Turkey's time for growth Premium
Turkish cement producers faced a challenging year in 2016 as geopolitical and domestic events impacted on the country’s economy. However, domestic cement demand potential remain...
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Signs of improvement Premium
Following an abrupt fall in 2009 and a continued decline in subsequent years, the central European cement market picked up in 2014 and has since shown a modest but stable expans...
UltraTech Cement
UltraTech expects domestic cement demand to return to “normal levels” on the back of renewed infrastructure spending by the Indian government. An improvement in the Indian econo...
Moroccan market sees 10% YoY contraction in August
Moroccan cement consumption decreased by 10.3 per cent YoY to 1,227,932t in August 2017 from 1,368,884t in the year-ago period, according to the country’s Ministry of Housing an...
Peru's cement demand up 2% in August
Peru’s cement association, Asocem, reported a 2.3 per cent YoY rise in domestic deliveries from 0.838Mt in August 2016 to 0.857Mt in August 2017. Cement imports remained largely...
Pakistan cement sales up 11% in August
Cement sales in Pakistan rose 10.9 per cent YoY in August 2017 to 3.766Mt from 3.585Mt in August 2016.
Saudi producers sees sales drop 16% in August 2017
The sales of Saudi cement producers fell 15.5 per cent to 3.72Mt in August 2017 when compared to 4.4Mt reported in August 2016. Total production in August reached 3.79Mt, down Y...
Brazil eight-month sales update
Cement sales in Brazil for the first eight months of 2017 fell by eight per cent YoY to 35.7Mt, according to preliminary industry data gathered by Sindicato Nacional da Indústri...
Argentina sees 7% rise in August demand
Cement consumption in Argentina increased 7.4 per cent to 1.122Mt in August 2017 from 1.044Mt in August 2016, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. The organisati...
East Africa: time to shine? Premium
East Africa’s future appears significantly brighter as economic growth accelerates following the recent challenging years. Increased construction demand is expected to fuel ceme...