Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) issued today its monthly report on the prices of building materials for the month of May 2012, which presents an analysis of the movements in the prices of the various materials used in the construction ...
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According to a report by BankMuscat research, cement producers in Oman will be able to raise prices by 2013, as dumping from the oversupplied UAE market slows and demand improves domestically and abroad, Muscat Daily has reported. The fall ...
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Pretoria Portland Cement Co. (PPC), Africa s biggest cement maker is seeing significant progress on some African projects, with demand in southern Africa continuing to improve. PPC may announce two projects on the continent in the next few ...
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Oman Daily Observer reported that cement sector players in Oman are scaling up their production capacity to meet the ever rising local demand and also from the countrys export markets like Yemen and some East African nations. Till recently, ...
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Usually the articles I write feature change of some sort. Most often it’s a statistical series that has moved up or down. Sideways is the exception. A series that is well-known for its volatility is construction costs. That’s ...
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Ex-factory price of one cement bag was Rs179 in the year 2000-01, and now it stands at Rs370. Despite the rapid increase in input costs, cement prices increased only by Rs139 per bag. The compounded annual growth rate of cement prices was ...
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RK Global Shares & Securities said that After increasing charge in Q3FY12 from 7% to 10% and the development surcharge from 2% to 5%, the railways have again gone for another round of freight rate increase by 19-33%, with effect from March ...
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According to a report by EFG Hermes, Oman s cement exports are likely to grow in 2012, due to better demand from the country s import markets like Yemen and East African countries, Times of Oman has reported. "We are expecting cement demand ...
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The Saudi commerce and industry minister, Tawfiq Al-Rabea has set the factory price of a cement bag at SR12 and the retail price at SR14, and the price of bulk cement at SR240 a tonne, Saudi Gazette has reported. Cement production in the ...
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Cement manufacturers are ruing the decision to increase capacity, as the cement consumption remained stagnant in past four years. The exports are also on constant decline forcing the sector to operate at 69 percent installed capacity. A ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction rose 0.2% in December after no change in November. The index was up 3.6% on a ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the seasonally adjusted (SA) Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in January after rising 0.1% in December. The index was up 3.1% on a ...
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All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association Chairman Aizaz Mansoor Shaikh has said that industry produced 17.94 million ton of cement in the first seven months of this fiscal year which is 3.94 percent higher than corresponding period of ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Producer Price Index (PPI) for materials and components used in construction was unchanged in November after rising 0.3% in October. The index was up 3.8% on a year-over-year basis, but ...
According to the Al Eqtisadiah business daily, ministry inspection teams and police swooped in on businesses in Jeddah and other parts of the western region on January 5, arrested at least 14 people and seizing ten trucks. The raids ...
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