Rwanda Bureau of Standards rejects Hima Cement imports
Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) returned cement imports into Rwanda by Uganda's Hima Cement Ltd (LafargeHolcim group) last month after they failed to meet the country's import ...
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Matsiloje Cement MD claims his company was not protected
Racjit Josh, managing director of the closed Matsiloje Portland Cement (MPC) plant, has said that it would be difficult to reopen the plant without government support to restric...
Trinidad Cement seeks higher taxes on Rock Hard Cement imports
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has written to the Caribbean Court of Justice to seek higher taxes to be imposed on Rock Hard Cement imports, according to the Nation. TCL wants the fi...
Argentina’s cement demand declines 14% in March
Cement demand in Argentina has fallen 13.8 per cent YoY to 940,112t in March 2019 when compared with 1,091,122t in March 2018, according to the country’s cement association, AFC...
US Portland and blended cement shipments slip 1% in December
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA reached 6.176Mt in December 2018, according to the latest data from the US Geological Survey (USGS). When compared with...
Raising expectations
A tightening supply-demand balance, rising prices and record industry profits have raised expectations of an improved scenario for China’s cement producers in 2019. A number of ...
US market improves in the 11M18
Total Portland and blended cement deliveries in the USA and Puerto Rico fell by 5.3 per cent YoY to 7.78Mt in November 2018, according to data by the US Geological Survey (USGS)...
Clinker appetites increasing in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's clinker imports have been growing in the last five years, apart from in FY15-16, According to the Economic Survey of Bangladesh 2018. The country's cement producers...
Iran reports 4% growth in 11M cement exports
Iran has reported a four per cent YoY growth in cement exports at 12,652,000t in the first 11 months of the last Iranian year (21 March 2018-21 February 2019). However, the valu...
PPC Zimbabwe calls on government to protect local cement production
Zimbabwe’s largest cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe, has called on the government to pass legislation to protect domestically-produced cement from imports. Last year, the governmen...