Vietnam to export 1.5 million tons of cement in 2011
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Vietnam is expected to export 1.5 million tons of cement in 2011, up 0.5 million tons over 2010.
There will be twelve new cement factories, raising the total cement manufactured to 60 million tons this year.
Since local market’s demand of cement is expected to rise 10 percent compared to last year to about 55-56 million tons, more cement will be exported, according to Nguyen Van Diep, head of Vietnam National Cement Association (VNCA).
The cement’s price still remains the same as the end of last year’s which is VND900,000- VND1 million (US$46.1- 51.3) per ton in the north region, and VND1.2 million –VND1.3 million (US$61.5- 66.6) per ton in the southern part.
Cement’s price may change as electricity and coal’s price will not remain the same.
