17 November 2014
Iran expects to make 120Mt/yr by 2025 17 November 2014
Iran: Iran has exported over 11.79Mt of cement and clinker during the first seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year, a period spanning 21 March 2014 to 22 October 2014. The Secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Employers Association, Abdolreza Sheikhan said that 8.1Mt of cement and 3.6Mt of clinker was exported.
Sheikhan added that around 32.5Mt of the country's total cement output was distributed in domestic markets during the first six months of the current fiscal year. Iran produced 41.6Mt of cement in the first seven months of the Iranian fiscal year. It exported over 20Mt of cement during the previous fiscal year.
Iran's Industry, Mines and Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh has forecast that the country's cement export will hit 120Mt/yr by 2025.
Cemex Nicaragua wins safety recognition 17 November 2014
Nicaragua: Cemex Nicaragua, has been awarded a national prize as a leading business for its industrial safety management procedures. The award was given by the National Council for Work Safety and Hygiene and refers to the firm's Canal plant in southwest Managua. The firm is building a new production unit in the northeast section of the same city at the moment. This new unit is due to begin operations early in 2015.
Vietnamese exports up by 15% 17 November 2014
Vietnam: Vietnam could earn as much as US$1bn via the export of 20-21Mt of cement and clinker in 2014, 15% more in value terms compared to 2013, according to the Vietnam Cement Association. Preliminary statistics from the Customs General Department showed that the shipment of cement and clinker increased in both volume and value in January-October, reaching nearly 18Mt over 10 months.
Tran Viet Thang, Director General of the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem), which holds 34% the Vietnamese cement sector's output, said that Vicem exported about 1.8Mt of cement and clinker in the first three quarters of 2014 and plans to sell a further 1Mt in the final three months of the year.