Pakistan's cement industry performance in FY22-23
In FY22-23, Pakistan’s cement industry’s local dispatches were affected by expensive construction (high steel and cement prices), declining consumer buying power and cuts in pub...
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Coal ash laden vessel sinks in Bangladesh
Chittagong Port of Bangladesh has reported that a local vessel carrying coal ash for cement and other industries sank in the Alpha Anchorage area of the port on 14 June. Accordi...
Devki Group to boost clinker exports
National Cement (Devki Group) has announced that it will export up to 80 per cent of the clinker it produces when its new West Pokot plant in Kenya starts production. This will ...
APCMA reports 19% increase in cement dispatches in May 2023
The All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) released more encouraging data for May 2023 than in the previous month of April, which was overshadowed by the season b...
Bangladesh’s clinker imports more expensive in new budget FY23-24
Bangladesh Minister for Finance, AHM Mustafa Kamal, presented National Budget Speech 2023-24 (July-June) in parliament on 1 June and made some tax measures on the cement industr...
Cement export revenue totals US$150m in 10MFY22-23
The cement industry in Pakistan experienced a mixed trend in export revenue during the first 10 months of the current financial year, which runs from July 2022 to June 2023. Whi...
Can CBAM create a level playing field for CO2 emissions?
This week, Eurostat released the EU cement industry statistics for 2022. There has been little change from 2021 when EU27 imports of cement and clinker totalled around 9.5Mt, bu...
Pakistan's cement industry saw a mixed export revenue trend in 9MFY22-23 and March
Pakistan's cement industry saw a negative trend in export revenue on the back of a range of factors, including a slowdown in economic activity in Pakistan and overseas. Accordin...
Pakistan cement earns US$117.69m during the 8MFY22-23
Pakistan's cement industry constantly saw a negative to mixed export revenue trend in the 8MFY22-23 (July 2022-February 2023), according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Stati...
Pakistan cement industry's exports fall in 7MFY22-23
Pakistan’s cement industry saw a negative export revenue trend on overseas dispatches in the 7MFY22-23 (July-January 2023), according to the country’s Federal Bureau of Statisti...