Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement Company calls for end to price controls
Tokyo Cement, the largest cement producer in Sri Lanka, has called on the government to end controls and allow the market to set prices, Colombo’s Daily Mirror reports. In 2015 ...
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Patterns in US cement Premium
As the US market picks up, the country’s cement producers can look forward to consumption growth rates of 6-7 per cent annually over the next two years. This should enable them ...
Tanzania: Tanga Cement Co looks to cut costs with rail deal
The Tanga Cement Company has signed a deal with Tanzania Railway Ltd to transport 35,000t of cement a month to Mwanza and Kigoma. The deal would see the state rail company ship ...
Indian cement prices rise 1% in March
Indian cement prices rose MoM in March to INR290-295 (US$4.37-4.44)/bag as demand led by construction activity in north and central India improved slightly, acording to Cogencis...
Indonesia: incumbents suffer as new entrants fight for market share
Cement prices in Indonesia are falling as newer firms attempt to win market share from the established players, state-owned Semen Indonesia, HeidelbergCement’s Indocement Tungga...
Dominican Republic: market expands, prices fall
National cement production in the Dominican Republic reached 5.18Mt, an increase of 3.2 per cent YoY, according to official statistics. This represents 75 per cent of the countr...
Dem Rep Congo: cement price fall 35% in Matadi
The price of a bag of cement in Matadi, Dem Rep Congo has fallen by 35 per cent from CDF12,500 (US$13.44) to CDF8000. The price decrease follows the arrival of imports from Ango...
US Southeast's comeback story Premium
Cement demand in the US Southeast (ie, Florida plus the ‘Piedmont’ states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North and South Carolina) was hard hit by the Great Recession. Since...
Coal prices set to fall further
Cement producers can expect to look forward to lower coal prices as world demand for the commodity is expected to fall and over-investment in mines is causing a production hike.
Mexican cement prices increase
Mexican newspaper Reforma reported that cement prices in the country were increased by about six per cent on 1 September.