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Puerto Rican sales slip 3% in November11 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Puerto Rico slipped 2.9 per cent to 46,236.3t (1.084m bags of 42.6kg) in November 2019 when compared with November 2018, when 47,630.6t (1.117m bags) were sold, according to data released by the Economic Development Bank of Puerto Rico. Output from Puerto Rican cement plants increased by 27 per cent in November 2019 to 46,760.7t (1.097m bags) from 36,821.9t (0.864m bags) in the year-ago period. In the January-November 2019 period, domestic cement sales decreased 6.3 per ce... |
Brazilian cement market expands 4% in November09 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Brazil increased 3.9 per cent YoY in November to 4.7Mt, according to SNIC, the country’s cement association. Apparent cement consumption, which includes imports, totalled 4.7Mt, up 3.5 per cent YoY, in November 2019. SNIC attributed the rise in sales to the recovery of the real estate sector. "The number of new residential launches accumulated an increase of 17 per cent until September compared to the same period of 2018. The number of new properties financed by SBPE (Brazil... |
Argentina’s cement demand falls 10% in November05 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Argentine cement market contracted by 10.1 per cent to 872,177t in November 2019 when compared with November 2018, when demand reached 970,181t, according to its domestic cement association, AFCP. The country’s market requirement was entirely supplied by domestic cement producers as no imports were reported. In addition, the country’s cement producers exported 12,373t of cement, representing a 21.2 per cent increase in export sales. January-November 2019 In the January-November 2019 ... |
Moroccan cement consumption up 12% in October04 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Morocco increased 12.1 per cent YoY to 1.355Mt in October 2019 when compared with 1.208Mt supplied in October 2018, according to data published by the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urbanisation. The largest share, 888,724t, was delivered to the wholesale segment, followed by ready-mix concrete companies (240,608t) and the prefabricated segment (108,116t). The building market accounted for 61,398t while around 55,930t of offtake was by the infrastructure sector. In th... |
Colombian dispatches up 3% in October04 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsColombia’s cement market expanded by 2.6 per cent to 1.111Mt in October 2019 when compared with 1.083Mt in October 2018, according to the country’s national statistics office, DANE. The increase in dispatches has been attributed to a 34 per cent rise of offtake in the prefabricated segment while a 1.4 per cent rise was reported in the retail sector. Antioquia reported an 8.4 per cent upswing in sales while Santander sales were up 19.4 per cent. The smaller markets of Casanare, Tolima and C... |
Puerto Rican cement market expands 5% in October29 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Puerto Rico reached 53,570t in October 2019, representing a five per cent increase from 50,973t in October 2019, according to the Instituto Estadísticas de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican cement producers supplied 39,286t of cement in October, down 9.3 per cent from 43,333t the previous year. In the first 10 months of 2019 sales declined by 6.6 per cent to 1.07Mt when compared with 1.145Mt in the 10M18. Output in the January-October 2019 period fell by 10.4 per cent YoY to 0.... |
Peruvian cement demand sees 7% October uptick28 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s cement market expanded by 6.7 per cent YoY in October 2019 as demand reached 1.089Mt when compared with 1.021Mt reported in October 2018, according to the latest data published by the country’s cement association, Asocem. National dispatches increased 6.5 per cent to 1.077Mt from 1.012Mt in October 2018. Cement exports in October 2019 fell 21.9 per cent YoY but rose 9.6 per cent MoM to 16,000t while clinker exports increased 46.9 per cent YoY and 51.3 per cent MoM to 50,000t. Impor... |
US cement demand stable in August25 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsTotal shipments of cement and blended cement, including imports, in the USA and Puerto Rico were up slightly to 10.3Mt in August 2019 when compared with August 2018. The leading cement-consuming states were Texas, California, Florida, Ohio and Illinois accounted for 38 per cent of August shipments while in terms of supply, the leading producing states (Texas, Missouri, California, Florida and Michigan) shipped 41 per cent of US output. Masonry cement deliveries dropped 7.7 per cent YoY in ... |
Peru's cement demand expected to surpass 12Mt in 202022 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsPeruvian cement demand is forecast to reach 12Mt in 2020, according to Scotiabank. This follows an expected market expansion of five per cent this year on the back of higher private investment, mainly driven by the mining sector. The projection takes into account an increase in public investment by five per cent. In addition, the bank expects private non-mining investment to maintain a similar level as this year. It predicts more dynamism in the retail sector, real estate (with higher sal... |
Spain's cement demand edged up 3% in October21 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain increased by three per cent to 1.3Mt in October when compared with October 2018. The rise has been attributed to an increase in housing construction. In the first 10 months of the year demand increased by eight per cent. However, the Spanish cement association, Oficemen, said that this represents a smaller advance than the 11.5 per cent noted in the first half of the year. Exports in the 10M19 have fallen 16.8 per cent YoY to 603,190t, or the equivalent of “alm... |