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Indonesian August sales higher

Indonesian August sales higher

Indonesia cement sales jumped 37.4 per cent YoY to 4.7Mt in August 2014 on the back of higher demand from the property and infrastructure projects.

Argentina: cement demand down 4.1% YoY

Argentina: cement demand down 4.1% YoY

In August, the Argentinian cement market was supplied by 993,397t of domestic production and 254t of imports as it saw consumption fall 7.2 per cent YoY to 993,651t. In addition...

LatAm: growth and challenges

LatAm: growth and challenges Premium

With the XXXI FICEM Technical Congress on the horizon in the Dominican Republic, Scotiabank GBM provides an overview of recent activity in the Latin American cement market. It f...

PT Semen Indonesia

PT Semen Indonesia has posted a disappointing 12.8 per cent rise in revenue to IDR12.88trn (US$1.13bn) in 1H14, compared to growth of 31.9 per cent in the same period last year....

Colombian monthly demand jumps 8.1%

Colombian monthly demand jumps 8.1%

Colombian cement consumption increased 8.1 per cent to 1.059Mt in July 2014 when compared with the same month a year ago, according to the country's statistics office, Dane. The...

Harnessing potential

Harnessing potential Premium

Ahead of next month’s XXXI FICEM Technical Congress in the Dominican Republic, ICR speaks with the country’s cement association, Adocem, to learn more about its hopes for contin...

Brazil: still on the expansion trail

Brazil: still on the expansion trail Premium

Brazil’s cement producers continue to expand their capacity as they prepare for anticipated market growth. The first five months of 2014 have seen demand slowly climb 2.8 per ce...

Peru cement sales fall 3.9% in July

Peru cement sales fall 3.9% in July

Cement dispatches in Peru reached 845,907t in July, representing a 3.9 per cent decline YoY, according to Asocem, the country's cement producers' association. In the year to dat...