Economy & Market

Pak cement sales fall 18% in Aug

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14 years ago

September 30, 2011

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Cement sales in August 2011 fell to its lowest level since September 2010 at 2.4 million tonnes, down 18 percent month-on-month (sharpest MoM fall in 21 months). Heavy rainfall in the country along with lesser working hours during Ramzan were the key contributors towards this decline. Domestic demand stood at 1.6 million tonne (down 19 percent MoM), while exports slipped to 714,000 tonne (down 14 percent MoM). However, previous year’s low base owing to floods helped total cement sales in 2MFY12 to rise by 7 percent year-on-year (5.2 million tonne). Analysts expect domestic cement demand to reach 23.3 million tonne (up 6 percent YoY), while exports to remain in the neighborhood of 9.5 million tonne.

Concrete

Cement industry to gain from new infrastructure spending

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6 days ago

July 24, 2025

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As per a news report, Karan Adani, ACC Chair, has said that he expects the cement industry to benefit from the an anticipated US$2.2tn in new public infrastructure spending between 2025 and 2030. In a statement he said that ACC has crossed the 100Mt/yr cement capacity milestone in April 2025, propelling the company to get closer to its ambitious 140Mt/yr target by the 2028 financial year. The company’s capacity corresponds to 15 per cent of an all-India installed capacity of 686Mt/yr.

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AI boom drives demand, says ACA

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6 days ago

July 24, 2025

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The American Cement Association projects a nearly 1Mt annual increase in US cement demand over the next three years, driven by the surge in AI data centres. Consumption by data centres is expected to grow from 247,000 tonnes in 2025 to 860,000 tonnes by 2027. With over 5,400 AI data centres currently operating and numbers forecast to exceed 6,000 by 2027, the association cautions that regulatory hurdles and labour shortages may impact the industry’s ability to meet demand.

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Concrete

GoldCrest Cement to build plant in India

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1 week ago

July 23, 2025

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GoldCrest Cement will build a greenfield integrated plant with a 3.5Mt/yr clinker capacity and 4.5Mt/yr cement capacity. GoldCrest Cement appointed Humboldt Wedag India as engineering, procurement and construction contractor in March 2025 and targets completion by March 2027. It has signed a 40-year supply agreement with Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation for 150Mt of limestone from its upcoming Lakhpat Punrajpur mine in Gujarat.