In the first 4 months of 2024, Vietnam’s cement & clinker exports increased +5.2% to 10.89 Mt, after 10.35 Mt in the same period last year. Cement exports increased by +3.1% YoY, while clinker exports increased by +8.7% YoY.
The cement industry in Vietnam is struggling, several plants operate at low capacity utilisation. Vietnam’s rated cement capacity is 122.3 Mta, however 4 lines with 11.4 Mta capacity have not been started yet, while they have to service debts. The…
In the first 4 months of 2024, Vietnam’s cement dispatch declined by -5.2% to 23.73 Mt, after 25.03 Mt in the same period in last year, although the cement exports even have increased.
In the first five months of 2024, Malaysia’s cement production increased by 13.0% to 9.970 Mt, after 8.821 Mt in the same period last year and 8.723 Mt the year before.
In the first quarter of 2024, Vietnam’s cement and clinker exports increased +2.3% to 8.035 Mt, after 7.856 Mt in the same period last year. Large increases of 22.1% were from Bangladesh, which has become the No.1 export country with…
Long Son Cement, which is located in the Thanh Hoa province in the Middle of Northern Vietnam, has received the approval for their cement grinding project. The project for GU2 dates back to 2019 and foresees an expansion of the…
In the first quarter of 2024, Malaysia’s cement production increased by +10.7% to 7.926 Mt, after 7.161 Mt in the same period last year and 7.199 Mt the year before.
In the first quarter of 2024, Indonesia’s cement consumption was 14.273 Mtm which is almost the same as in the same quarter last year.
Philcement, which is part of the Philippines PHINMA Group, will install a new cement import terminal in Davao, Mindanao by next year. This terminal will have a similar capacity as their existing terminal (photo) in the Freeport Area of Bataan…
Malaysia’s Borneo Cement (Sabah) is installing a 5000 tpd integrated cement plant in Nabawan, Tongod district in Sabah, southeast of Kota Kinabalu. The project had been already announced by the Malaysian Investment Development Agency in August 2023 and is by…