Increase in seaborne coal and petcoke prices impact producers
Seaborne thermal coal and petcoke prices rose by 16-24 per cent YoY during the 1H18 period, eroding almost four per cent of the aggregate EBITDA of LafargeHolcim and HeidelbergC...
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Tanzania's coal supply expected to increase to support cement industry
Tanzania’s State Mining Corp (STAMICO) has announced plans to increase coal production, which will support the cement industry as it has recently reported a shortage of the mate...
Cement prices fall in Bolivia
Cement prices have started to decline in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, as competition intensifies on the back of a slowdown in the local construction sector. Prices have fallen to BOB44-...
Mexican cement prices forecast to rise in 2018
Cement prices in Mexico are expected to continue their rise this year. Cemex increased its cement price at the start and in the middle of the year by Cemex, "We have announced t...
Holcim Mexico to raise prices of bagged cement
Holcim Mexico has announced that the prices of its bagged cement products will increase by seven per cent from 1 September. The hike has been attributed to the high volatility i...
CNBM reports strong pricing in 1H18
CNBM’s Chairman, Cao Ganglin, reported that the average cement price over the first half of 2018 rose to RMB311/t in China. Speaking at a press conference, Cao said there was an...
African aspirations Premium
East Africa’s cement sector has remained resilient in recent years, despite oversupply and power shortages. ICR reviews the main east African markets as the battle to increase m...
Steppe Cement 1H18 volumes rise by 14%
In the 1H18 Steppe Cement Ltd sold 738,228t of cement for KZT10,539m (US$30.7m), compared with 650,333t of cement for KZT8553m in 1H17. This represents an increase of 14 per cen...
Pakistan: positive expectations for FY18
The Pakistan cement industry is likely to wrap up FY18 on a positive note. Provisional data show that cement dispatches for June 2018 increased three per cent YoY to 2.81Mt, whe...
Vietnam’s dragon of growth Premium
With strong economic growth fuelling infrastructure investment and China importing more clinker than ever, its not hard to see why Vietnam’s cement producers are enjoying a surg...