Little formal work has been done to analyze the behavior of the Mexican cement industry in detail. The most germane studies have focused on analyzing the overall nature of the industry (Avalos and Schatan, 2003; Kumakan and Martínez, 2008), analyzing the efficient use of energy in production (Sterner, 1990), the market structure by which the industry …
Gabon: Cement production rose by 42% year-on-year to 0.49Mt in 2018 from 0.34Mt in 2017. Sales rose at a similar rate to 0.49Mt, according to Infos Gabon. The Ministry of Economy attributed the growth in production and sales to the government's decision to suspend imports of cement in mid-2017.
With a population of around 1.8m people, Gabon's cement market is modest but showing signs of recovery. While demand was 14.3 per cent down YoY to 532,000t in 2017, the market is recovering fast.
Overview In 2022, Gabon was the number 113 economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$), the number 112 in total exports, the number 158 in total imports, the number 83 economy in terms of GDP per capita (current US$) and the number 112 most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI) .. Exports The top exports …
Reverberations are expected in the Philippine cement industry from the $54bn planned merger of Lafarge and Holcim as the two companies plan to restructure their operations in the Philippines which could unravel an even bigger shake-up of the local industry. The two firms' local subsidiaries, Lafarge Republic Inc. (LRI) and Holcim Philippines Inc. (HPI), …
Value of merger and acquisition deals in the global cement industry up to 2014; Source: Statista, McKinsey, Dealogic ... when the company decided to acquire Tolteca, their main competitors in Mexico, and consolidate its position in the Mexican market. The first internationalization step was to Spain (1992); then Venezuela (1994); …
Amid the tentative recovery from recession, the cement market grew rapidly in the first half of 2018, as sales by volume increased by 9.8% over the first half of 2017, from 10.2m tonnes to 11.2m tonnes. The Nigerian manufacturer Dangote Industries led the way in that growth, as sales of locally produced materials grew by
The Mexican cement sector is expected to grow by three per cent in 2017, as housing construction contracts, according to Osmín Rendón, president of the national construction chamber, Canacem.
Gabon's President, Brice Oligui Nguema, has extended an invitation to Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, to invest in cement and fertiliser production within the country. This invitation comes shortly after Dangote announced a halt in investment in Nigeria's steel industry.
Outside of food and beverages – and the broader agro-processing segment – the manufacturing sector is supported primarily by cement manufacturing, with the country's cement capacity expanding rapidly in recent years, most significantly after the 2015 market entry of Nigeria's Dangote Cement, one of the continent's largest cement players. …
The construction sector grew by 12.6% driven by the increase in internal cement consumption (12.3%), given the continuation of the execution of private works, as well as the increase in public investment in the construction sector (14.6%) thanks to the advancement of public works.
What currently drives the demand for concrete for small and medium-sized companies that belong to the concrete association is private work. In January of this …
WEBPrint. Gabon: Cimaf Gabon is considering establishing a new $147m cement plant in Meba, Estuaire Province. This will help to end Cimaf Gabon's …
The Gabonese subsidiary of the Moroccan group Ciments de l'Atlas, Cimaf Gabon, is strengthening its production capacities. The Group officially commissioned its second plant in Owendo on September 21. The …
Gabon: A new 0.35Mt/yr production line has started production at Ciments d'Afrique's (CIMAF) Owendo grinding plant. …
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Holcim's Mexican arm, Holcim Apasco, estimates that cement demand in the country grew 3.5 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. The cement major said the increase in consumption, which reached 35 Mt last year, was driven by stronger growth in the infrastructure segment, moderate expansion in self-build housing as well as the …
The price of grey cement in Mexico increased on average 14.5 per cent per 50kg bag and 20 per cent per tonne of bulk cement in January 2022 when compared with December 2021, according to industry sources and material distributors, reports El Norte.
Mexico's cement industry is the second largest in Latin America, with an installed capacity of about 64 million tons and total production that was just below 40 million tons in 2019. Chart 2. …
The Cement sector has received good investments and support from the Government in the recent past. In 2023, infrastructure emerged as the top sector, attracting US$ 11.6 billion across 57 deals, marking a 29% year-on-year growth (compared to US$ 9 billion across 75 deals in 2022), representing the second-highest investment level ever …
In 2011, Mexico produced 35.4 million tons of cement, 3% more than a year earlier. The first cement-making plant was built in Mexico in 1906, a few years after cement was first officially approved for use in the construction sector.
Mexico: Cement production in Mexico grew by 24% year-on-year to 56Mt in 2020. This was its highest figure in the last five years, according to BNamericas. Data from INEGI, Mexico's national institute of statistics, shows that production in January 2021 grew by 14.5% year-on-year to 4.2Mt. ... Keep up to date with cement industry news ...
Chad: The Group Cement of Africa (CIMAF) plans to raise the production capacity of its Chad cement plant from 0.5Mt/yr to 0.7Mt/yr. Anas Sefrioui, President of CIMAF, conveyed this intention to Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, with the intention to meet market demands, reduce costs and create jobs.Sefrioui also …
Country Report: Cement Production in Mexico is Stable; ... (INEGI) updated at the end of 2020, the construction industry contributed 6.7% of the gross domestic product. In the annual comparison, in March 2021, the value of production generated by construction companies fell by 10%, while the personnel employed in this sector …
According to the National Union of the Cement Industry, cement sales in December amounted to 4.5 million tons, registering a 6.3% drop compared to the same month in 2021. With this result, the sector closed 2022 with a total of 63.1 million tons of cement sold, 2.8% less than the previous year. ... Mexico Inflation in cement and …
View cement industry statistical data for Gabon, Central Africa, including cement consumption, production, Capacity, Consumption per Capita, Import and Export from 2006 to 2018(F). An accompaniment to The Global Cement Report™.
Why Mexico's cement industry is upbeat about 2022 . Bnamericas Published: Monday, February 21, 2022 . Demand Innovation Building Materials …
Written by Global Cement staff 10 January 2020. Print. Gabon: Gabon produced 0.42Mt in 2019, exceeding production figures for 2018 of 0.33Mt by 21%. Sales were US$50.6m – up by 16% from …