Cement News tagged under: production
Iran’s cement capacity reaches 86Mta05 December 2012, Published under Cement NewsIran’s cement production capacity is currently 86Mta, according to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Speaking at the sidelines of an inauguration ceremony, Mr Ahmadinejad underlined the cement industry’s strong development in recent times considering that six years ago it was still dependent on imports. The country currently produces some 76Mta of cement. In the first seven months of the current Iranian year (beginning 20 March 2012) cement output amounted to some 43.28Mt, a YoY ... |
Vietnam Jan-Nov 2012 production declines30 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsVietnam produced 51.3Mt of cement in the first 11 months of this year, down 5.4 per cent from a year earlier, the General Statistics Office said. The country’s cement output in November is estimated to have increased by nine per cent YoY to 5.3Mt, the government-run office said in a monthly report released Monday. The office revised the country’s cement production in the first 10 months to 46Mt from the earlier estimate of 46.5Mt. In the first 10 months, Vietnam had around 2.6Mt of ... |
Fulfilling Libya's potential19 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsLibya has witnessed considerable upheaval in the past few years but now, at the end of 2012, the country is emerging from the debris and is preparing for extensive reconstruction activity. However, the local cement industry will need to carry out massive expansion to its production base or face being flooded by imports. By Mohamed Douas, El-Kafaa Co, Libya. As peace returns to Libya, the country resumes its position, along with Algeria, as one of the Mediterranean's most important ... |
Sibirsky Cement sales up 6% in 10M201219 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsRussia’s Sibirsky Cement increased its sales by 6% to 3.561Mt in the first 10 months of 2012, the company said in a press release. The company’s production rose by 5.5% to 3.543Mt in Jan-Oct 2012. Based in the Kemorovo Region, Sibirsky Cement operates three works and commands an annual production capacity of around 5.3Mta. |
China cement sees Jan-Sept slowdown05 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsChina's cement sector witnessed a sharp slowdown in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest data from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Cement output rose 6.7 per cent YoY to 1.59bnt in the January-September period, compared with 18.1 per cent recorded in the same period of 2011, according to a recent NDRC report. The factory price of cement tumbled 18.7 per cent from August to an average of CNY317.3/t (US$50.36). At the end of September, ceme... |
ACC sales rise 3.5 per cent YoY to 2.04Mt in Oct05 November 2012, Published under Cement NewsACC Ltd's sales rose 3.5 per cent to 2.04Mt in October, from 1.97Mt in the same month a year ago. The company's production increased marginally to 2.05Mt during the month, as compared to 2.04Mt in October 2011, ACC said in a statement. During the January-October period of 2012, the company reported 2.5 per cent growth in sales to 20.26Mt from 19.76Mt in the same period last year. The production increased 2.72 per cent to 20.34Mt during the 10 months to October from 19.8Mt in the year-ago ... |
Iran six month output hits 36Mt30 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsCement production in Iran during the first six months of the current Iranian calender (beginning 20 March 2012) has reached 36Mt, Esfandiar Salarvand MD of Fars & Khuzestan Cement Company, told local press. Mr Salarvand said that Iran plans to export 12Mt of cement in the current calender year. Last month, Vajihollah Jafari deputy industry minister of Iran said that Iran plans to produce 75Mt of cement by the end of the current Iranian year (20 March 2013). According to Mehdi Ghazanfa... |
Eurocement’s Ukraine operations see further market growth23 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsPlants operating under the Eurocement-Ukraina network produced more than 1.2Mt of cement in the first nine months of 2012. More than 1.22Mt of cement have been sold in the reporting period. According to VV Gorgolyuk, CEO of Eurocement-Ukraina, results during the period indicate that the potential for further market growth and the strengthening of leadership position in the market of the plants included in Eurocement-Ukraina still have not been exhausted. |
Mozambique prices expected to fall22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsMozambique’s minister of industry and trade Armando Inroga expects cement prices will fall by year-end as production stabilises. Further reductions are expected next year as competition increases with new facilities coming on-stream. In the capital Maputo prices have climbed from MZN215/50kg bag (US$7.5) to MZN240 (US$8.3). Prices are reported to be much higher in the central and northern provinces. For example, in Sofala, Nampula, Niassa and Cabo Delgado, prices are in excess of MZN350/ba... |
Iran forecast to produce 75Mt cement by year-end22 October 2012, Published under Cement NewsIran is projected to produce 75Mt of cement by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2013), according to local news reports. ISNA quoted Iranian deputy industry minister, Vajihollah Jafari, as saying that production capacity will be 86Mt by the end of the year. Iran exported over 6.8Mt of cement during the first six months of the current (Iranian) year. |