Optimism returns to US and wider markets
This week saw the first rise in US interest rates in seven years as the US Federal Reserve signalled its belief that the economy was getting back on its feet and that the financ...
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Peru's cement market contracts 4.8% in November
Cement dispatches in Peru fell 4.8 per cent YoY in November 2015, according to Asocem, the country’s cement association. Some 0.884Mt of cement was sold, down from 0.929Mt in No...
Vietnam output up 10.3%, exports to miss target
Vietnam produced 61.2Mt of cement in the first 11 months of this year, up 10.3 per cent from the same period of last year, the government-run General Statistics Office said.
Kenyan output and demand growth slows
During the first 10 month of the year, Kenyan cement manufacturers increased output by 10.58 per cent YoY, The Star (Kenya) reported citing latest provisional data by the Kenya ...
US Southeast's comeback story Premium
Cement demand in the US Southeast (ie, Florida plus the ‘Piedmont’ states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina) was hard hit by the Great Recession. Since...
Indonesia Cement Association requests acceleration in infrastructure development
Indonesia Cement Association (ASI) has called on the country's president to accelerate infrastructure development to boost local cement demand. “We expect the infrastructure pro...
Indonesia October sales support full-year forecast
Indonesian consumption figures in October 2015 showed a huge sales volume gain over the same month of the previous year, but year-to-date figures are just slightly higher due to...
SCG anticipates challenging 2016 start
Next year is expected be challenging for Siam Cement Group’s Cement and Building Materials, as the domestic market is facing the threat of new supply, according to management. B...
PCA: cement segments show mixed growth in 2Q15
Growth among end-use cement segments was mixed as 10 of the 18 segments tracked recorded volume gains in the second quarter of 2015, according to the latest PCA Survey of Portla...
Colombia’s cement market expands 7% in Oct 2015
Colombian cement consumption rose seven per cent to 1,161,601t in October, according to the latest figures by DANE, the country’s statistics office. Production increased 12.8 pe...