Iran Cement Industry

Cement exporters will receive $3 for each ton of shipment as transportation subsidies from Thursday, the head of Iran Trade Promotion Organization, Mojtaba Khosrotaj, was quoted as saying by…

The Fourth Isfahan Cement Expo opened on Thursday and is scheduled to run until Saturday. Over 100 local firms and companies from France, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, Turkey, the United States,…

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Iran plans to raise its annual cement production to 120 million tons in eight years as per the strategic planning document incorporating the country’s 20-Year Vision Plan (2005-25).

Iran’s cement industry is operating at half capacity, the deputy head of Cement Employers Association said. Even so, Morteza Lotfi added, there is not enough demand inside the country, IRNA…

About 49.57 million tons of cement were produced in Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), indicating a 6.4% drop compared to the year before, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade…

Local cement prices have risen by about 5% compared to last September quotes, the head of Cement Employers Association announced.

“Each ton of ex-works type 2 bulk cement will be priced…

Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said Iran exported 11.5 million tons of cement during the 11 months to Feb. 18.

The minister expects the figure to reach…

There is no denying that a large portion of the Iranian economy, if not all of it, is steered by the government. 

And the private sector, touted as the voice of free market…

Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association is urging the Pakistani government to slap up to 20% of import duties on Iranian cement, claiming that Iranian producers are “dumping” the industrial…

The Iranian cement industry is in hot waters. It has recently been hit with the double whammy of loss of export markets and lack of domestic demand, causing producers to cut down on production…

Over 11,400 tons of cement were exported to Pakistan during the eight months to November 20, registering an over 100% growth, according to managing director of South East Railway Company.

Cement trading is scheduled to resume at Iran Mercantile Exchange’s exports trading board during the fourth quarter of the current Iranian year (Dec. 21-March 20), the head of Cement Employers…

Cement factories in Fars Province exported 285,700 tons of the construction material worth $11.7 million in the five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), registering a 134% and…

Iranian cement producers exported about 4.4 million tons of cement and clinker–the main material used in the manufacture of cement–during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March…

Cement produced by Qayen Cement Company has replaced bitumen as the main construction material for Qayen-Birjand Highway, the Persian-language newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported.

The…

At a meeting earlier this week to address the challenges of the domestic cement industry, it was suggested that cement be used instead of bitumen in building roads and pavements in a new bid to…

The government has allocated $285.7 million to pay transportation subsidies to help domestic cement producers embark on new export destinations such as Africa, the deputy head of the Cement…

Iran is the second leading cement producer in the Middle East and North Africa, and is the world’s seventh largest producer of the industrial material.

The country competes with Turkey…

Close to half of Iran’s cement producers risks bankruptcy by the yearend unless the industry’s pressing problems are addressed.

Mohammad Atabak, a member of Cement Employers Association…

More than $850 million (30 trillion rials at market exchange rate) are to be injected into the domestic housing market in the near future, as part of a new mortgage loan scheme to stimulate…

The removal of western sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program, as part of the July 14 nuclear deal reached with six major world powers, held much promise for the Iranian cement…

More than 20 million tons of cement are currently stored in warehouses due to sluggish demand, a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture said.

Mohammad…

Negotiations are underway with cement factories to stop production for the first two months of winter (Dec. 22–Feb. 19), a member of the board of directors of Cement Industry’s Employers…

A leading Iranian company has signed a cement deal with a multinational Danish company in the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization’s headquarters in Tehran…