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Pakistan’s cement exports started with a plus of +6.9% into the new year. In total 0.447 Mt cement have been exported after 0.418 Mt in Jan 2023. Only 0.049 Mt (10.9%) were exporter by the Northern producers, while 0.398 Mt…
Pakistan’s cement dispatch started with a minus of -14.8% into the new year. In total 3.414 Mt cement have been dispatched after 4.006 Mt in Jan 2023. 2.967 Mt (86.9%) were dispatched by the Northern producers, while 0.447 Mt (13.1%)…
UltraTech Cement, member of the Aditya Birla Group and largest cement producer in India, provided insights into their CapEx plans by 2027. As already reported here, with its phase II and III expansions the grey cement capacity in India shall…
Brazil started into the new year with an increase by +0.6% in the cement dispatch. With 4.919Mt in January 2024 compared to 4.891 Mt in January 2023 the dispatch increased by 0.028 Mt, YoY.
Xinjiang Tianshan Cement, the biggest worldwide cement producer with a capacity of 420 Mta of clinker, plans to make CapEx investments of US$ 2.36 bn in its operations in China and abroad. The company is a member of the CNBM…
In 2023, the cement consumption of Puerto Rico increased by 3.2% top 0.625 Mta, after 0.617 Mta in 2022 and 0.658 Mta in 2021. The per capita consumption (PCC) of cement slightly increased from 197 kg in 2022 to 204…
DMCI Holdings, a Philippine conglomerate of David M. Consunji, active in construction, real state, energy, mining and water distribution, is interested to acquire Cemex Holdings Philippines (CHP). CPH owns the 2 plants of Apo and Solids Cement with a combined…
In Malaysia, in 2023, the annual cement production increased by a massive +16.8% to 23.191 Mta, which is one of the highest levels the country ever achieved. The cement capacity utilization increased from 56.1% in 2022 to 65.5% in 2023.
In Indonesia, in the period from January to October 2023, the accumulated cement consumption returned to +1.4% YoY growth. 51.608 Mt have been consumed after 50.905 Mt in the same period 2022. In October 2923 the consumption even increased by…
Semey Cement, who operate a 1.2 Mta cement plant with 4 small kiln lines in the town of Semey in Kazakhstan, commissioned a Gebr. Pfeiffer vertical roller mill (VRM). The new highly efficient MVR 5000 C-4 will produce various types…