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Uzbekistan imports more cement
16 August 2018Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan imported cement worth a total of US$79.8m during the first half of 2018, six times more than in the same period of 2017, according to the State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan. It was reported earlier that Uzbek cement production had decreased from 4.2Mt in the first half of 2017 to 3.9Mt in the first half of 2018.
Sales up in Puerto Rico
10 August 2018Puerto Rico: Total cement sales in Puerto Rico expanded by 30% in July 2018, compared to July 2017, representing the seventh consecutive monthly increase. Sales of cement rose to 50,739t. Cement production rose by 19% over the same period.
Akmenes improves but still makes a loss
10 August 2018Lithuania: Akmenes Cementas, Lithuania’s only cement producer, has announced that it expects improved cement sales in 2018 compared to 2017 and hopes to halve its annual loss.
The company suffered a net loss of Euro5.5m in 107, 21.7% lower than a Euro7.0m loss in 2016. Turnover in 2017 grew by 11% to Euro56.7m. The company sold 1.04Mt of cement, 4% more than in 2016.
In 2017 Akmenes sold 58% of its produce to the local market. It exported 35% to other EU countries and 7% to Belarus. The company hopes to increase cement sales and to halve its losses.
Kazakhstan cement production rises in first half of 2018
09 August 2018Kazakhstan: Local cement production rose by 11.5% year-on-year to 4.63Mt in the first half of 2018 from 4.16Mt in the same period in 2017, according to Kazakhstan Newsline. Previously, production rose by 1.5% in the first half of 2017 from 4.09Mt in the same period in 2016.
Panamanian cement production hit by strike
09 August 2018Panama: Production of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) has fallen due to a strike in the construction industry. OPC production fell by 15% year-on-year to 0.71Mt in the first five months of 2018 from 0.83Mt in the same period in 2017, according to the La Prensa newspaper. Production of other building materials, including concrete, have also been negatively affected.
Colombia: Data from the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) shows that cement production declined by 1.2% year-on-year to 5.96Mt in the first half of 2018. However, production has improved since 2017 with the annual production from July 2017 to June 2018 being 12.2Mt, a decrease of 0.5% year-on-year, compared to a fall of 5.9% for the previous 12 months.
INC Vallemi cement plant paralysed by fuel shortage
31 July 2018Paraguay: Industria Nacional del Cemento’s (INC) Vallemi cement plant has been paralysed by a coke shortage. All operations at the unit’s clinker kiln have been suspended, according to the Ultima Hora newspaper. The producer is still making cement deliveries but its clinker stocks have fallen to below 30,000t. The company reportedly only has fuel oil left for one day and sufficient coke for one day of full operation. It is awaiting the arrival of a 6000t consignment of coke.
China: Anhui Conch says it has resumed production at three production lines at the cement plant run by its Tongling Conch subsidiary at Gusheng in Anhui province. In late July 2018, Tongling Conch received a written notification from the Tongling Environmental Protection Bureau requesting the ‘immediate’ resumption of operation of Tongling Conch’s waste incineration and ancillary systems for treatment of domestic waste of Tongling City. The suspension of production at the cement plant followed the temporary closure of a pier used by the plant in late May 2018 in accordance with new government regulations on drinking water supply and pollution.
Saudi Arabia: Production at Tabuk Cement and Hail Cement has risen supporting the construction of the Neom technology city project in the north of the country. Output from the producers has risen by 20% and 55% respectively year-on-year in the first half of 2018, according to Bloomberg. Both companies are located in the north of the country near to the project. Meanwhile, most of the other local cement companies have reported declining production. The Neom project has been backed with an investment of US$500bn.
Ukraine: Cement production fell by 3.5% year-on-year to 4.01Mt in the first half of 2018. In June 2018 production rose by 5.2% year-on-year to 1.03Mt, according to the Ukrainian News Agency. In 2017 the country’s cement production increased by 2.3% to 9.31Mt.