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US cement production up year-on-year in April 2015
03 July 2015US: The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has reported that total Portland and blended cement shipments in the USA and Puerto Rico came to 7.7Mt in April 2015, a 4.1% rise compared to April 2014. In the first four months of 2015, shipments rose by 5.1% to 24.1Mt. As previously, the leading cement-producing states were Texas, California, Missouri, Florida and Alabama.
Clinker production in April 2015 was 6.1Mt, a rise of 6.4% year-on-year. Production of clinker in the four months to 30 April 2015 rose by 7.7% from the same period of 2014 at 21.6Mt.
Vietnam cement production up by 10.5% to 32.1Mt
30 June 2015Vietnam: Vietnam is estimated to have produced 32.1Mt of cement in the first half of 2015, up by 10.5% year-on-year, including 6Mt in June, up by 26.8% year-on-year, according to the government-run General Statistics Office.
In the first five months of 2015, Vietnam produced 26.1Mt of cement, compared to the earlier estimated 26.6Mt, according to the office's revised figure. The country's cement and clinker sales are expected to rise by 1.5 - 4% year-on-year to 72 – 74Mt in 2015, of which domestic sales will rise by 4.5 - 6.5% to 53 – 54Mt, while exports will be 19 – 20Mt.
White cement production down 11.5%
15 June 2015Tunisia: According to the African Manager website, white cement production in Tunisia fell by 11.5% to 141,000t in the first four months of 2015 compared with 160,000t in the same period in 2014. According to deputy director of construction materials industries at the Ministry of Industry Taoufik Khardani, white cement sales fell by 8.8% to 59,000t during the period, down from 64,500t in 2014. Some 87,400t of white cement was exported in the first four months of 2015 compared to 102,400t in 2014.
Vietnam: Vietnam is estimated to have produced 26.6Mt of cement in the first five months of 2015, up by 9% year-on-year. The total includes 6.3Mt in May 2015, according to the government-run General Statistics Office.
Poland: Cement production declined by 3.9% year-on-year to 1.39Mt in April 2015, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association. In the first five months of the year, Poland's cement production grew by 1% year-on-year to 4.02Mt.
Vietnam: Vietnam produced 19.9Mt of cement in the first four months of 2015, up by 5.3% from the same period of 2014, including 5.9Mt in April 2015, according to the government-run General Statistics Office. The Ministry of Construction has predicted that Vietnam's sales of cement and clinker will rise by 1.5 - 4% to 72 - 74Mt in 2015, of which domestic sales will rise by 4.5 - 6.5% to 53 - 54Mt, while exports will be at 19 - 20Mt.
Cameroon struggles to meet cement demand
05 May 2015Cameroon: Cameroon's demand for cement has risen dramatically despite the increasing volume of imports and local production, according to sources at the Ministry of Economy and Planning. According to the ministry, Cameroon's cement demand grows by 8%/yr and the country currently has a deficit of 2.5 – 3Mt. In 2014, local cement production was estimated at 1.3Mt and imports were around 1.2Mt.
Despite the government's bid to ban imports to boost domestic production, foreign producers continue to have significant market share in the country, importing to almost 1.3Mt in 2014 compared with 561,190t of cement in 2011. Cameroon's cement production is presently estimated at 3.6Mt/yr.
China: Profits made by the cement industry have fallen by 67.6% year-on-year to US$521m for the first quarter of 2015 according to statistics released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Cement output fell slightly by 3.4% year-on-year to 428Mt in the same period.
Surplus cement supply stabilises prices in Egypt
27 April 2015Egypt: Cement producers have decided to keep the prices of cement 'stable' for the fifth consecutive month, Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy has announced. Medhat Stephanos, head of cement companies at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FDI), said the supply surplus is behind the price stability, according to local media.
Hanafy stated that 854,000t had been produced for the current month and that the total amount of supplied cement was 1.86Mt. Around 818,000t of cement were distributed in the local market and around 500,000t were exported between 9 and 15 April. Staphanos added to Daily News Egypt that the country's cement production capacity has increased following the introduction of coal as a source of energy, which reduced the energy problem that faced producers.
"We expected more activity in the processes of construction but those expectations were not met," said Stephanos. "Some projects were expected to start but have not started yet."
Vietnam: Vietnam produced 14.3Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2015, up by 5.9% from 2014, according to the government-run General Statistics Office. In March 2015, the country's cement production fell by 4% year-on-year to 5.5Mt. In the first two months of 2015, Vietnam generated 8.8Mt. The Ministry of Construction has predicted that Vietnam's cement and clinker sales will rise by 1.5 - 4% year-on-year to 72 – 74Mt in 2015, of which domestic sales will rise by 4.5 - 6.5% to 53 – 54Mt, while exports will be at 19 – 20Mt.