Cement News tagged under: exports
Cimpor to refocus Portuguese operations towards exports16 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsWith Portuguese cement demand remaining subdued, Cimpor is trying to reorientate cement output from its domestic operations towards export markets, CEO, Ricardo Lima, has said. Speaking to economic daily Diario Economico, Mr Lima said that the company is trying to transform Portugal to an export platform. The company currently has an installed cement capacity of some 9Mt in the country while domestic demand stands at just 1.5Mta. Exports volumes have doubled in the past two years with mar... |
Armenian exports rise in first six months of 201316 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsArmenian cement exports have increased over the first six months of the year despite a drop in domestic output. Data from the National Statistics Service reported by ArmInfo that over the January-June 2013 period, cement production declined 3.2 per cent to 180,000t from 186,300t in the same period of the year before, while exports rose 64 per cent from 56,000t in 1H12 to 92,000t in the first half of this year. While the Armenian construction market continues to feel the effects of the ... |
Vicem sales rise 9.5% in first nine months11 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsVietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem) reported a 9.5 per cent YoY rise in sales for the first nine months of 2013 to 15.84Mt, meeting 72.3 per cent of its full-year target. Of the total, 14.35Mt of sales were destined for the domestic market, a rise of 6.2 per cent YoY (comprising 11.61Mt of cement and 2.74Mt of clinker). Meanwhile, 1.49Mt of cement and clinker were exported, representing a strong advance of 57.8 per cent on the same period of the year before. The corporation pro... |
Iranian cement output continues to climb07 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsIran has reported a four per cent rise in cement output in the first half of the current Iranian calendar compared to the same period of last year. The country has produced 38.3Mt of cement since 21 March 2013, IRNA news reported yesterday. During the sixth calendar month of Shahrivar (23 August - 22 September) total output reached 6.4Mt. Full year projections put total output for the current year at 80Mt, according to Abdolreza Sheikhan, Secretary of the State Cement Industry Employers... |
Pakistan: July-August cement exports up by 5.7%01 October 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan's cement exports increased 5.72 per cent during the first two months of current FY13-14, totalling US$96.796m, against the same period of last year when exports were US$91.557m. On a MoM basis, cement exports also increased by 1.24 per cent, but decreased by 12.03 per cent in August 2013 when compared with the exports in August 2012 and July 2013. The value of exports in August 2013 was recorded at US$45.301m, whereas in August 2012 and July 2013 the value of exports was US$44.74... |
Pakistan export earnings rise in first two months27 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement exporters have had a good start to the current fiscal, with volumes and earnings up on an annual basis. During July and August 2013, Pakistan exported 1.62Mt of cement on revenues of US$96.79m compared to 1.4446Mt at US$91.55m, representing a rise of 12.03 and 5.72 per cent in volumes and US dollar value, respectively. In terms of the Pakistan rupee, the export value rose 13.79 per cent to PKR9.83bn during the two-month period. However, the average export price was dow... |
Fabrika Cementa Lukavac to export to Libya26 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsBosnia-based cement producer Fabrika Cementa Lukavac is set to export 30,000t of cement to Libya by the end of the year, local media said on Wednesday. The first two trains with 1258t of cement are on the way to the final destination, with 4500-5000t in total to be sent this week, news portal eKapija.ba said. The cement will be delivered with trains through Bosnia and Croatia and then via Croatia’s port Luka Ploce to the northern African country. It seems likely that consumption in Li... |
Pakistan September sales seen rising on higher domestic demand25 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsPakistan cement sales are expected to increase by six per cent YoY in September 2013 on the back of a rise in domestic demand. Dispatches are forecast to climb to 2.76Mt for the month compared to 2.61Mt in the same period of last year. Local sales are seen rising 11 per cent YoY to 1.98Mt, according to estimates by InvestCap. The south is anticipated to have grown 32 per cent on a YoY basis mainly due to a boom in construction activity. The region has also experienced two months of heavy r... |
August cement demand falls 23% in Spain24 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain continues its freefall with the figure for August down more than 23 per cent to 886,005t. Production fell by 7.7 per cent from 1,308,090t to 1,207,891t in August, according to the latest figures by the country’s cement association, Oficemen. Between January-August, a similar decline has taken place with cumulative consumption at 7,400,946t, over 2Mt less than the equivalent period of 2012. Spanish cement producers have lowered their output by a fifth from over ... |
India Cements explores export opportunities23 September 2013, Published under Cement NewsIndia Cements is looking at the possibility of resuming exports in a bid to improve capacity utilisation and benefit from the falling rupee, N Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the company, has indicated. Addressing shareholders at the company’s AGM last week, Mr Srinivasan said the cement producer was taking all the necessary measures at an operational level to improve results for the remainder of FY14. MR Srinivasan stated that cement producer is hoping to restart ex... |