Saudi full-year output update
Saudi Arabia, the largest cement producer in the GCC, produced over 57Mt of cement in 2014, according to a report in Arab News. Demand in the kingdom continues to grow fuelled b...
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Argentina: January domestic sales up 2% YoY
The Argentine cement market expanded by four per cent MoM and 1.9 per cent YoY as domestic sales reached 927,510t in January 2015, according to the latest figures released by AF...
US Jan-Nov shipments
Portland and blended cement shipments in the US and Puerto Rico in November were 6.5Mt, essentially unchanged from the level in November 2013, USGS data shows. The leading consu...
Paraguayan cement consumption update
Paraguayan cement demand currently stands at around 115,000 bags of 50kg, according to local press sources. Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) produces around 50,000 bags/day ...
Algeria’s expansion drive Premium
As cement demand rapidly increases across north Africa, Algeria leads the region’s drive to increase its cement production capacity. Supported by an active housing and infrastru...
Argentine cement market contracts 3.5 per cent in 2014
In December 2014, Argentina’s cement demand fell 10.4 per cent MoM and 2.5 per cent YoY to 892,313t, according to the latest data from AFCP, the Argentine cement association.
South Africa sees pick-up in 3Q cement sales
South African cement sales rose by 4.6 per cent to 3.39Mt in the third quarter of 2014 after contracting in the previous two quarters, industry data released by the country’s le...
Insumos Bolivia's cement import expectations
State-owned Insumos Bolivia expects to import 600,000 bags of cement in 2015. Its director Oscar Sandy said the company would import, as in 2014, IP30 and IP40 cement from Peru’...
Angola to ban cement imports in 2015
Angola has banned the import of cement in 2015 with the country having achieved self-sufficiency in terms of cement production but has set a quota of 150,000t for three outer-ly...
US September shipments up 14% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the US and Puerto Rico during September 2014 were 9Mt, up by nearly 14 per cent compared to the same month of the previous year...