Weak first quarter for Spanish cement
Cement consumption in Spain dropped a notable 23.6 per cent YoY in March 2024, to 1.102Mt, down from 1.144Mt in March 2023, according to the Spanish cement association, Infoceme...
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Portuguese cement consumption up 13% YoY in February
Cement consumption in Portugal in February 2024 advanced by 13.4 per cent, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Association of Civil Construction and Pub...
Vietnam exporters looking further afield
Cement sales in Vietnam continue to struggle versus their year-ago levels. Sales were down 17 per cent YoY to 5.113Mt in March 2024, from 6.161Mt a year earlier, according to th...
Indian cement demand continues apace but undersupply looms
Indian cement consumption rose 7.9 per cent YoY in 2023, amounting to 418Mt, according to ICR Research. Per capita consumption increased to 293kg in 2023, up from 273kg a year e...
Difficult start to 2024 for US cement market
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 5.886Mt in the first month of 2024, down 14.3 per cent YoY from the 6.87...
Indian cement demand to grow by 6-7% in FY24-25
Indian cement volume growth recovered to a healthy 7-8 per cent YoY in the last quarter (1 January 2024-31 March 2024) of FY23-24, on aggressive volume push, after growing ~15 p...
Outlook improving for Indonesia cement demand, clinker exports robust
Cement sales in Indonesia amounted to 65.501Mt in 2023. This is an increase of 3.4 per cent YoY compared to the 63.346Mt reported in 2022. Regional sales were a mixed bag, with ...
Swiss cement market contracts 8% in 1Q24
Cement demand in Switzerland, including Liechtenstein, declined eight per cent to 786,433.2t in the first quarter of 2024 when compared with 855,143.7t in the 1Q23, according to...
Moroccan cement deliveries fall 14% in March
Cement deliveries in Morocco dropped 14 per cent YoY to 1,028,481t in March 2024, according to the country's cement association, APC. Sales by its members – Asment Témara , Cime...
Mexico's demand expected to cool down
Cement demand in Mexico is forecast to cool down with the country's major cement producing expecting modest growth in 2024 following the completion of some of the government's k...