Saudi Arabia’s cement exports -29.8% in 1.Q 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by a massive -29.8% to 0.374 Mt, after 0.533 Mt in the same period in 2023.
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Saudi Arabia’s cement exports close to a free fall
In the first 2 month of the year 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by -34.1% to 0.257 Mt, after 0.390 Mt in the same period in 2023. The exports declined by -18.1% YoY in January and and -54.0% YoY…
Saudi Arabia’s Cement Dispatch +0.0% in 2m 2024
In Saudi Arabia, in the first 2 month of 2024 the cement dispatch was 8.892 Mt, exactly 0.002 Mt higher than the dispatch same period last year. While the cement dispatch increased by +3.6% in January, it decreased by -3.6%…
Rabigh grinding plant in Saudi Arabia finally finished
Arabian Cement Co. and Sinoma Overseas celebrated a handover ceremony of the new Rabigh cement grinding plant in Saudi Arabia. The EPC contract for the US$ 95m project has been awarded in 2015 to CNBM International Engineering. After a long…
UAE’s Al Ain Cement will use steel slag to reduce CO2
UAE’s Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), a leading steel producer in the Middle East region, will use the Magsort technology to use its steel slag at its Al Ain Cement plant (photo). Magsort, a Finnish engineering company, has a proprietary dry…
Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined in January
In January 2024, Saudi Arabia’s cement exports declined by -18.1% YoY to 0.177 Mt, after 0.216 MT in January 2023. However, the January cement exports show a very large up and down over the last few years, difficult to forecast…
Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch in January in the plus
Saudi Arabia’s cement dispatch in January 2024 increased by 3.6% YoY to 4.663 Mt, after 4.501 Mt in January last year. The recovery in the dispatch comes after an annual decline by -6.2% in 2023.
JSW Cement ignited 2nd kiln line in Fujairah, UAE
JSW Cement FZE, a subsidiary of Indian JSW Cement, ignited its new clinker line in Habhab in Fujairah, UAE. The kiln line has a capacity of 3000 tpd or 1.0 Mta, same as kiln line No.1 (photo), and will help…
Saudi Arabia’s annual cement consumption -6.9%
In 2023, Saudi Arabia’s annual cement consumption declined by -6.9% to 47.257 Mta, after 50.735 Mta last year and 52.502 Mta in 2021. The per capita cement consumption (PCC) declined in 2023 to 1269 kg, after 1462 kg in 2021.
Saudi’s Hail Cement will merge into Qassim Cement
Qassim Cement Company (QCC) of Saudi Arabia made a transaction announcement to make an offer to Hail Cement Company’s (HCC) shareholders to acquire all shares of HCC in consideration for newly issued shares in QCC. HCC owns and operates a…