Gaza receives Saudi Arabian housing aid and Israeli cement
Saudi Arabia has contributed US$80m towards reconstructing Gaza homes destroyed during the 2014 Israeli military bombing, Minister of Housing, Mufeed Hasayneh, said on Thursday.
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Peru sees 7% drop in domestic sales in February 2017
Peru's cement market contracted 6.9 per cent YoY with sales of 0.737Mt in February, according to Asocem, the country's cement producers' association.
Zimbabwe: PPC calls for import ban
In 2016 the Zimbabwean government introduced a 25 per cent duty on every 100t of imported cement to discourage cheap imports. However, according to PPC Zimbabwe, imports continu...
US/Puerto Rican shipments down 8.6% YoY in December, up 1.9% in 2016
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico in December were 6.04Mt, representing a 8.6 per cent YoY fall, according to the US Geological Survey. T...
Argentina cement market contracts 0.8 per cent in 2M17
Argentina's cement producers dispatched 801,782t of cement in February, a 0.8 per cent drop MoM and 8.7 per cent YoY, according to the Argentine cement producers' association, A...
Brunei streamlines cement imports
The process of registering to import cement into Brunei Darussalam will take three working days, according to the country’s Energy and Industry Department.
Dangote Cement
Dangote Cement is planning a number of new investments in Ethiopia, where it currently has a 2.5Mta plant, located in Mugher. Around US$19m is being spent on a new bagging plant...
DR Congo: producers demand six-month import suspension
Cement producers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have urged the country’s Prime Minister, Samy Badibanga, to be tough on cement imports, demanding a suspension of cement imp...
US December deliveries down, but full-year 2016 shipments up
Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA fell 8.4 per cent to 6.039Mt in December 2016 from 6.59Mt in December 2015, according to preliminary data from the US Geological...
Algeria sees sharp drop in cement imports in 2016
Algerian cement imports fell 35.5 per cent in 2016 from a value of US$474.3m to US$306.1m.