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In the first quarter of 2024, Türkiye’s cement production massively increased by +25.0% to 19.949 Mt, after 15.961 Mt in the same period last year. In March this year the cement production increased by +26.8% YoY.
Votorantim Cimentos will invest R$200m to double the production capacity of its Edealina plant in Goiás in Brazil from 1.0 to 2.0 Mta. The plan is to install a new cement grinding line by the second half of 2025. The…
In the first half of 2024, Brazil’s cement dispatch increased moderately by +1.2% to 30.595 Mt, after 30.232 Mt in the same period last year. In the 1.Q this year the YoY decline has been -3.5%, while in the 2.Q…
In the first 4 months of 2024, El Salvador’s cement consumption declined by -12.1% to 0565 Mt, after 0.643 Mt in the same period last year and 0.639 Mt the year before.
India’s largest cement producer UltraTech completed the acquisition of an additional 25% stake in RAK White Cement. The deal (we reported here May 29, 2024) is equivalent to 125 million shares, according to a bourse disclosure dated 11.07.2024. The additional…
In the first 5 months of 2024, Armenia’s cement imports surged by +64.7% to 0.196 Mt, after 0.119 Mt min the same period in last year and 0.062 Mt the year before.
In the first 5 months of 2024, Azerbaijan’s cement imports declined by -9.5% to 7.6 kt, after 8.4 kt in the same period last year and 12.1 kt in the year before.
Cemex Deutschand has signed a JV with recycling service provider ALBA Group for the construction of a biochar production plant in Germany. The facility will be located in the Rüdersdorf cement plant close to Berlin and produce biochar from a…
In the first half of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch declined by -1.8% to 23.436Mt, after 23.860 Mt in the same period last year and 25.281 Mt in the year before.
In the first half of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by -21.5% to 0.885 Mt, after 1.128 Mt in the same period last year and 0.521 Mt in the year before.