Vietnamese export volumes rise 11% in the 7M20
Vietnam exported 19.5Mt of cement and clinker worth US$732m in the first seven months of 2020, up 11.4 per cent YoY in volume but down 5.4 per cent in value, according to Dau T...
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Bangladesh's raw material imports decline 13%
The value of raw material imports for Bangladesh’s cement industry fell almost 13 per cent YoY to BDT64.81bn (US$764.1m) in the FY19-20, on the back of a stagnation in construc...
Azerbaijan records 2% decline in cement production
Cement production in Azerbaijan declined 2.4 per cent YoY to 1.57Mt in the first half of 2020, according to the State Statistics Committee. However, ready-mix concrete producti...
Indian cement prices struggle in July
All-India cement prices declined by one per cent to INR366/50kg bag (US$4.88/50kg bag) in July, according to Kotak Institutional Equities. Prices in southern India also decl...
European building materials sector shows resilience
Following the downturn in activity for the French construction materials sector in April, the following month saw the beginnings of a sequential recovery and even more impressi...
India's capacity utilisation falls in the 2Q
The capacity utilisation of India’s top 10 cement producers fell to 52 per cent in the quarter ending 30 June, compared to 76 per cent in the year-ago period, according to The ...
Belarusian Cement Co sees sales rise 105% in 5M20
Belarusian Cement Co produced 1.835Mt of cement in the January-May 2020 period, an increase of 104.7 per cent YoY. Total domestic sales also advanced 112.1 per cent YoY. Belar...
Cement production falls 29% in Fiji
In the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s economic review for June 2020, it has found domestic cement production to have fallen 28.7 per cent YoY in the 5M20. The results have been largely...
Saudi Arabia records 10% demand increase in 5M20
Saudi Arabia’s cement sector has reportedly seen a 10 per cent YoY demand growth in the first five months of 2020, according to Al Rajhi Capital. Qassim Cement and Yanbu Cem...
China's cement production rises 9% YoY in May
Cement production increased to 248.69Mt in May 2020, up 11.3 per cent from April and 8.6 per cent from the corresponding period last year, according to the South China Morning ...