Brazil Jan cement sales rise 6.8% YoY
Preliminary data and market estimates show that Brazilian cement sales increased by 6.8 per cent in January 2014 to 5.9Mt, latest data from local cement association SNIC shows. ...
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PPC set to enter the Algerian cement market
PPC announced that advanced plans are in place to enter the Algerian cement market through a partnership with Algerian private sector investors in Hodna Cement Company. Hodna wi...
Buzzi sees advances in Russia and US
Italian cement major Buzzi Unicem saw turnover decline by 2.1 per cent last year to EUR2754m as the company saw another fall in its domestic market of Italy, but Russia and the ...
Indonesia: January sales decline on floods
Cement sales in Indonesia declined by 0.3 per cent to 4.64Mta as heavy rains triggered extensive flooding, causing disruption to construction activity and distribution networks....
US Jan-November cement shipments up 4% YoY
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2013 were 6.56Mt, down slightly from the same month of the year before. The lates...
Eurocement eyes Belarus cement investment
The Eurocement Group of Russia is ready to invest US$70-80m to upgrade cement production facilities in Belarus, Minister of Architecture and Construction, Anatoly Chernyi, told ...
China prices seen rising over 2014-15
Cement prices in China are expected to increase by 10 and five per cent in 2014 and 2015, respectively, according to research report by HSBC. As a result, higher prices as well ...
Eagle Materials boosted by acquisition
Including its share of the jointly-owned Texas Lehigh Cement, the turnover of Eagle Materials for the first nine months to 31 December 2013 rose by 37.2 per cent to US$757m. The...
Pakistan: cement exports drop
Pakistani cement exports to Afghanistan dropped to 202,000t in January 2014, the lowest monthly level since July 2013 when they reached 441,412t. Previous data by the All Pakist...
Philippines: cement prices start to rise
Local cement manufacturers raised prices from 1 February 2014 by an average of PHP8/40kg (US$0.17/40kg) bag of cement to