India: CREDAI to import Chinese cement
Following the Telangana government's decision to impose a road tax on trucks from Andhra Pradesh and the spiralling hike of cement prices facing builders, the Confederation of R...
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Argentina’s February cement deliveries up 13% YoY
Total cement dispatches (including exports) from Argentina’s cement producers fell five per cent MoM in February, but rose 11.8 per cent YoY to 897,299t, according to cement ass...
Russia: preparing for the cold? Premium
Russia is seeing its economic growth cool amid considerable geopolitical instability and the oil price crisis, with cement demand following suit. Nevertheless, the modernisation...
Germany: 2014 cement edges ahead
Cement consumption in Germany rose by 2.2 per cent YoY in 2014 to 27.1Mt, according to data German Cement Works Association (VDZ), which also predicts further growth in 2015. "S...
Algeria: cement imports up 21% in 2M15
Cement imports into Algeria have jumped 21 per cent in 2M15 when compared to the first two months of 2014, according data by the Algerian customs.
China succumbs to normality Premium
With the gradual drop in China’s GDP growth to lower-single figures it has been argued that normality has returned to the world’s second-biggest economy. The cement sector has c...
Adelaide Brighton reports record net profit
Adelaide Brighton reported record sales and net profit after tax of AUD1337.8m and AUD172.7m, respectively, for the year ended 31 December 2014.
PIBTL board approves terminal capacity expansion, Pakistan
The board of directors of Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Ltd (PIBTL) on Wednesday approved the expansion of overall handling capacity at the terminal from 12Mta to 16Mta. ...
US December shipments – preliminary data
Portland and blended cement shipments in December 2014 reached 6.24Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. This takes full-year shipments to 88.53Mt, ac...
Ghana: calls for end to bagged imports
The Strategy and Corporate Affairs Director of GHACEM, Dr George Dawson-Ahmoah, has called on the country’s government to ban imports of bagged cement into the country, stressin...