Cement News tagged under: exports
Pakistan export earnings fall09 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan exports have had a disappointing start to the current fiscal, falling 1.98 and 3.46 per cent in terms of quantity and dollar value, respectively on a MoM basis. During July 2013, Pakistan exported 854,477t of cement and earned US US$51.49m compared to 871,764t at US$53.33m in corresponding month last year, according to data from the country’s Bureau of Statistics. In terms of the Pakistan rupee, sales were down by 1.6 per cent to PKR5.174bn in July. However, compared to Jul... |
Pakistan monthly sales fall05 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement dispatches fell seven per cent YoY in August due to the Eid holidays and wet weather conditions. Sales were down to 2.15Mt in August 2013 compared to 2.6Mt in the same month of the previous year. Meanwhile, on a sequential basis, August sales fell by 17 per cent compared to July 2013 dispatches of 2.6Mt. Domestic sales were hardest hit as volumes were down 19 per cent to 1.5Mt while exports fell 13 per cent. For the first two months of current fiscal, which began in Jul... |
Azerbaijan increases imports from Georgia23 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsIn the 1H13 249,770t of cement valued at US$18.45m was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan, according to Georgia's national statistics service, GruzStat. The share of this category in the total volume of Georgian exports to Azerbaijan in the 1H13 constituted 5.54 per cent. In comparison with the same period, the export of cement from Georgia increased by 28.48 per cent or by 53,700t. |
Russian cement production in June reaches 7.1Mt22 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsSubstantial rises in Russian cement production and consumption have been achieved in 1H13. SMPro analysts state that Russian cement producers achieved an output of 7.1Mt of cement in June, the highest monthly production in 2013. Meanwhile, cement consumption rose by 4.8 per cent compared to June 2012 and by 14.6 per cent with May to 7.5Mt. Russia's overall 1H13 production total was 29.9Mt, a 7.7 per cent YoY increase, while cement consumption is estimated at 31.5Mt for the same period, up ... |
Peru: cement shipments rise21 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsPeru's ASOCEM cement association reports that in July its members delivered 88,277t of cement in the domestic market. The January to July shipments are up YoY for the same period by 11 per cent rise, while a total of 16,349t of cement were also exported during July 2013. |
Zambezi Portland reduces cement exports20 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsZambezi Portland Cement Limited (ZPC) has reduced its export sales by 50 per cent, effective from 1 August 2013, to cater for the increased demand of the product on the local market. ZPC sales and marketing manager Isaac Ngoma announced in a statement in Ndola yesterday that the company which had been exporting more than 14,000tpm of cement to neighbouring countries, will now reduce exports by half. Mr Ngoma explained that, with unprecedented levels of demand being experienced within th... |
Cementos Cosmos exports 13% of clinker to Brazil19 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsThe Brazilian market is offering Spain’s Cementos Cosmos the opportunity to maintain its clinker production at a high level. Of the 1.5Mt clinker produced at its Toral de los Vados plant, Cosmos exports 0.2Mt to Brazil. While the company’s management says it is preferable to sell the clinker in the market where it is produced, " the market situation has led us to take the opportunity our parent offered, even at the cost of losing part of the profit margin in the transport,” said the compa... |
Indonesian producers increase exports14 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement exports from Indonesia increased in July as domestic demand slows and new capacity comes on-stream. Cement exports increased by more than 10 times to 95,000t in July from the same month last year, cement maker Semen Indonesia reported, citing data from the Indonesian Cement Association (ASI). With new plants coming on-stream, producers have been able to ship their products abroad. Industry commentators have pointed to June’s fuel price increase as a factor in slowing domestic con... |
Star Cement exports clinker to Bangladesh via river route12 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndia-based Star Cement said it has dispatched its first barge of clinker to Bangladesh via river. The company is aiming to export over 50,000t of clinker to Bangladesh every month using the riverine route, the Meghalaya Times reported its President (Sales & Marketing), Jyoti Swaroop Agarwal, as saying. In a pilot project Star Cement had started clinker export to Bangladesh last year by road and now it has started to export by river. "We believe that this mode of logistics will definitely b... |
CCCL reports 2Q13 net profit, Jamaica08 August 2013, Published under Cement NewsCaribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) has reported a second-quarter net profit as the Jamaica-based cement producer increased domestic market share and exports to Panama provide an extra boost to revenue. In the second quarter of 2013, cement exports declined but local sales reached 150,000t to push revenues for the three-month period above JMD3bn (US$29.6m). The company made a profit for the second quarter of JMD359m. However, CCCL general manager attributed to the improvement to the compa... |