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Iran: Data from the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) shows that cement producers exported 5.85Mt of cement in the first five months of the local 2021 financial year, which began on 20 March 2020. The value of cement exports fell by 52% year-on-year to US$128m from US$266m, according to the Tehran Times newspaper. Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan were the top destination for the exports. Cement was also sent to India, Russia, Qatar, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, and Oman.

In its 2020 financial year Iran exported a total of US$7.0bn-worth of building materials and produced 85Mt of cement against a domestic consumption of 65Mt.

Qatar: The Industrial Production Index has recorded a 30% year-on-year decline in cement production in May 2020, caused by a reduction in demand due to the coronavirus lockdown. Production nonetheless grew by 6% month-month in May 2020.

Qatar: Qatar National Cement Company recorded a profit of US$27.5m in the first six months of 2020, down by 32% year-on-year from US$18.8m over the corresponding period of 2019. Sales were US$79.8m, down by 23% from US$104m. The company attributed the decrease to a decline in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Azerbaijan: Akkord Cement has reported sales of 237,000t of cement in the first four months of 2020, up by 20% year-on-year from 197,000t in the same period of 2019. April 2020 sales fell to 31,200t due to the impacts on demand of the coronavirus outbreak. Trend News has reported that Akkord Cement’s 1.0Mt integrated Gazakh cement plant in Ganja region produced 3250t of clinker for export, up by 10% from 2960t in 2019. The company says that it ‘plans to organise exports’ of clinker from the 3300t/day clinker capacity plant to Iraq and Qatar ‘after the country leaves the coronavirus quarantine regime.’ It added, “The export of clinker to Iran in the future is also being considered.”

Qatar: The manufacturing sector of Qatar recorded a 2% month-on-month decrease in activity in February 2020 compared to January 2020. Cement and non-metallic mineral product production decreased by 1.6%.

Qatar: Qatar National Cement Company recorded a net profit of US$35.5m in the nine months to 30 September 2019, down by 41% compared to US$60.1m in the corresponding period of 2018. The depleted profit was ostensibly due to the company increasing its expenditure in expanding its export base to Africa and India.

Qatar: Sika is starting operation at a new concrete admixture plant in Doha. The site will include production lines for concrete-admixture manufacturing as well as a main office and a central storage facility. The new plant follows the establishment of the national subsidiary in 2012.

"The optimisation of our supply chain will enable us to play an even greater role in major construction projects in Qatar. Having our own production capacities available locally makes it possible for us to lower transportation costs and enhance proximity to customers," said Ivo Schädler, EMEA Regional Manager for Sika.

Egypt/Qatar/Russia/Turkey: Dal Engineering Group has released information about recent project from its Dal Teknik Makina subsidiary in Russia, Egypt and Qatar. In Russia Dal Teknik Makina is currently converting a production line at Eurocement’s Zhigulovskiye Stroymaterialy plant in Samara to manufacture white cement. The project started in November 2018.

In Egypt Dal Teknik Makina conducted a technical audit for HeidelbergCement’s Helwan Cement plant in February 2019. It was carried out on clinker production line one. In Qatar Dal Teknik Makina was awarded a contract in February 2019 to install a pilot scale plant for a calcium sulfoaluminate clinker production line. Dal’s engineers will evaluate the concept and identify the possible problems with operation, and supply the complete engineering and instrumentation for the whole project.

Qatar: Qatar National Cement Company (QNCC) is preparing to export up to 3Mt/yr of clinker to markets in Asia and Africa. QNCC chairman and managing director Salem Butti al Naimi said that the company was actively taking to Indian companies and that an agreement might be signed soon, according to the Qatar Tribune newspaper. He also mentioned potential targets in Iraq, Yemen and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.

Qatar: Al Khalij Cement has signed a three-year deal to supply oil well cement to Qatar Petroleum. The agreement was signed by Qatar Petroleum’s Executive Vice President Projects, Engineering & Procurement Services Mohamed Al Marri and Qatari Investors Group chief executive officer (CEO) Raja Assili, according to the Qatar News Agency and the Peninsula newspaper. It was announced at the launch of Qatar Petroleum’s Tawteen program.

“We are delighted to have been selected by Qatar Petroleum for the supply of oil well cement. This represents an endorsement of the high quality standards of our production facility,” said Abdulla Bin Nasser Al Misnad, the chairman of Qatari Investors Group. Al Khalij Cement is a subsidiary of Qatari Investors Group.