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In Russia, in the first 3 quarters of 2023, the accumulated cement production increased by +3.2% to 49.256 Mt, after 47.708 Mt in the same period last year. The largest increase has been in the 3.Q with +6.0% to 20.800…
In Russia in October 2023, the average price for Portland cement stood at about 5935 Rub/t (64.73 US$/t), excl. VAT. However, in the Federal districts the prices are very different. While they were 4692 Rub/t in the North-West district, they…
In Chile, from January to October 2023 the accumulated cement dispatch declined by -11.9% to 4.316 Mt, after 4.899 Mt in the same period last year. In October with a dispatch of 0.425 Mt the decline has been -12.4%, after…
CemVision from Sweden has signed a contract with LKAB Minerals for its first low carbon cement ‘Re-ment’. This product consists of two recycled cement binders from industrial waste and avoids most of the CO2 from the traditional cement production, but…
In Bolivia, from January to October 2023 in total 3.255 Mt of cement have been consumed. This is an increase by 3.1%, when compared to the same period last year. In October 0.374 Mt have been consumed, which is a…
In Bolivia, from January to October 2023 in total 3.269 Mt of cement have been produced. This is an increase by 1.6%, when compared to the same period last year. In October 0.383 Mt have been produced, which is a…
The world largest renewable 2.2 Gigawatt power plant is installed in Qinghai in China. It is a photovoltaic plant producing 5 billion kWh clean power from solar energy, saving 2.375 Mta of CO2. The plant was built in the Gonghe…
In Pakistan, this year from January to November, the accumulation cement declined by -1.7% to 42.506 Mt, after 43.318 Mt in the same period last year. In the first 3 quarters in 2023 the cement dispatch declined only with -1.1%,…
In June this year, CRH reached an agreement with Buzzi Unicem to take over the Ukrainian assets of Buzzi’s subsidiary Dyckerhoff Cement. These include the integrated cement plants Rivne and Mykolaiv (photo), distribution terminals and RMX plants. CRH and the…
In Peru, from January to November 2023 the cement production declined by -13.5% to 10.475 Mt, compared to the same period last year. The 2-digit decline could also not be stopped in November, when 0.988 Mt have been produced, compared…