In Kazakhstan, in the first 3 quarters of 2023, the cement production declined by -2.0% to 9.527 Mt, after 9.725 Mt in the same period last year. The 2.Q 2023 has resulted in a production increase by +2.6%, YOY, while…
From January to October 2023, Russian cement imports increased by 53.4% to 2.834 Mt, after 1.848 Mt in the same period last year. Accordingly, the imports this year by October are already larger than the cement imports in the complete…
From January to October 2023, Russia’s accumulated cement exports increased by +7.1% to 0.909 Mt, after 0.849 Mt in the same period last year. The largest export growth in the period has been to Belarus with +0.179 Mt, while the…
In Uzbekistan, from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement production increased by +2.5% to 11.168 Mt, YoY. Data cover the production by large enterprises. However, in the last 3 months only 3.140 Mt cement were produced after 3.398 Mt,…
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 Kyrgyzstan in the first 3 quarters of 2023 the cement production increased by +7.5% to 2.356 Mt from 2.192 Mt in the same period last year. In the 3.Q the YoY increase has been +8.8%, which is a relatively…
After the successful implementation of the Xili cement plant (photo) in Southern Kazakhstan, the China Gezhouba Group Cement Co. plans to install a 2nd plant in the Almaty region, in line with the Chinese ‘Belt & Road’-strategy. The company operates…
In Uzbekistan, from January to October this year, the cement production increased by +3.7% to 10.311 Mt. However, in October the cement production declined by -12.0%, YoY, from 1.242 to 1.093 Mt. Data cover the production by large enterprises. It…
Kavkazcement JSC, which is part of CEMROS, will upgrade its plant in Karachay-Cherkessia in Northern Ural, Russia, in 2024 by 25% up to 2.5 Mta. The plant is operational since 1974 and has 4 kiln lines. The upgrade will be…