Vietnam cement sales expand 13% in December
Total cement sales by Vietnamese cement producers increased 13 per cent YoY and five per cent MoM to 9,573,455t in December 2019, according to the Vietnam National Cement Assoc...
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Carthage Cement to start exports to Europe
Following the award of a CE mark, Tunisia-based Carthage Cement will start exports to Europe from March 2020 onward, reports ilBoursa. The first shipment will consist of 150,0...
Cherat Cement profits hit by high cost of sales in 1HFY20
Cherat Cement Co Ltd (CHCC) of Pakistan has announced its financial result for 1HFY20 through Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on 12 February 2020. It posted a loss after tax (LAT...
Bedeschi wins Tan Thang cement order
Bedeschi SpA has signed a contract for the supply of all the raw material crushing, transporting and storage machines at the Tan Thang cement plant Nhe An province, Vietnam. Th...
Vicat christens its first bulk cement carrier
Vicat recently christened its first bulk cement carrier 'Capo Cinto' in Nice, France. As well as confirming the French company’s community focus in the southeastern part of the...
Cement prices in El Salvador largely stable in 2019
The ex-works cement price in El Salvador remained unchanged at US$7.57/42.5kg bag, reports the country’s construction chamber, Casalco. The retail price of a 42.5kg bag of ce...
Bangladesh extends bid dates for Payra coal/bulk terminal
Payra Port Authority (PPA), under the Ministry of Shipping, Government of Bangladesh, has extended the last date to receive bids from international/local firms to develop a coa...
Bolivian cement projects not guaranteed gas supply
The provision of gas for the operation of Fancesa’s new Sucre line and Ecebol’s Potosí facility in Bolivia is not guaranteed. However, the Bolivian government has announced tha...
US cement sales show modest gain in 2019
Cement sales edged up to US$12.5bn in 2019, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Of this total 70-75 per cent of sales were to ready-mixed concrete producers, 10 per c...
Salvadoran cement market expands 13% in 10M19
Apparent cement consumption in El Salvador increased 12.8 per cent YoY to 1,184,956t in 10M19 from to 1,050,846t in the first 10 months of 2018, according to Casalco, the coun...
Argentina’s cement market contracts 15% in January
Argentine cement consumption fell by 14.7 per cent YoY to 745,709t in January 2020, according to AFCP, the country’s cement association. The market was entirely supplied by d...
Overcapacity challenges in Pakistan
At the end of 2019, Pakistan cement production capacity reached to its highest level to meet the local demand and export the surplus production. According to All Pakistan Cem...
Turkey sees 30% decline in cement sales for the 11M19
Turkey’s cement sales fell 30 per cent YoY in the first 11 months of 2019, according to the Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB). The result has been linked to a sl...
Anjani Portland Cement sees profit rise 165%
India’s Anjani Portland Cement has seen a 165 per cent increase in net profit to INR62.8m (US$881,229) for the quarter ending 31 December 2019, rising from INR23.7m in the year...
Pakistan construction sector likely to be declared as industry
While chairing a recent construction meeting, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Imran Khan, stated that a decision has been taken, in principle, to declare the construction sector as ...
Buzzi Unicem cement sales reach 29.1Mt in 2019
Buzzi Unicem's sales volumes during 2019 exceeded the level reached in the previous year in all the areas where it operates, thanks to the robust growth recorded in the USA. Gr...
Oman Cement set to use waste tyres as fuel
Oman Cement has signed an agreement with Oman Environment Holding Co for the use of end-of-life tyres as an alternative fuel. The two parties will work together to develop an i...
Cement consumption in Spain grows 6% in 2019
Demand for cement in Spain increased 5.9 per cent YoY to 14.254Mt in 2019, according to the Spanish cement association, Oficemen. However, the cement association expressed con...
Taiheiyo Cement Corp orders WHR unit from Kawasaki
Japan’s Taiheiyo Cement Corp has ordered a waste heat recovery (WHR) plant from Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The 8MW unit will be delivered to the company’s Saitama facility and ...
Argos recycled more than 1m bags in Colombia
Colombia-based cement producer Argos recycled more than one million bags of cement last year, thanks to the Green Sacks Programme, which sees a more sustainable production line...
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