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 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…
According to preliminary figures, in 2023 Vietnam’s annual cement consumption declined by -8.2% to 57.083 Mta, after 62.2 Mta in 2022 and 62.7 Mta in 2021. The per capita cement consumption (PCC) declined from 626 kg in 2022 to 573…
Fico-YTL, which is a subsidiary of the Malayan YTL Group, will go ahead with its plan for a new 4000 tpd kiln line 2 in Tay Ninh in Vietnam. The capacity of the new kiln of Fico Tay Ninh Cement…
In Vietnam, the cement & clinker exports from January to October 2023 changed very significantly, when compared to 2022, although the total accumulated volume has not changed much and is still around 26.2 Mt. However, in 2023 in the first…
In Vietnam, from January to October 2023, the cement production declined by -3.0% to 63.68 Mt from 65.64 Mt in the same period last year. The cement production here is based on the local cement dispatch and the cement exports…
In the first 8 months of 2023, Vietnam’s cement and clinker exports have decreased by 4.2% in volume and 5.7% in value compared to the same period last year, reaching 21.25 Mt and US$ 923m, compared to the same period…
In Vietnam, the local cement consumption in the first half of 2023 declined by -11.0%, when compared to the local cement consumption in first half 2022. The local consumption was down to 28.476 Mt. However, in the first half of…