{"id":574634,"date":"2020-09-16T03:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T03:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/09\/16\/cement-oversupply-crisis-could-force-six-producers-out-of-egypt-by-2021\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T03:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T03:55:43","slug":"cement-oversupply-crisis-could-force-six-producers-out-of-egypt-by-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/09\/16\/cement-oversupply-crisis-could-force-six-producers-out-of-egypt-by-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cement oversupply crisis could force six producers out of Egypt by 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-06\"><\/a> <strong>Supply glut could push six cement producers out of Egypt by next year, <\/strong><strong>Lafarge boss says:<\/strong> As many as six cement producers could be forced to exit the Egyptian market by 2021 if the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/40646567-7443-49e3-8b63-ab1023dd965b\">oversupply crisis<\/a> doesn\u2019t abate, Lafarge Egypt's CEO Solomon Baumgartner Aviles said during a webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mqv7nS\">Hapi Journal<\/a> reports. Companies across the sector have been mired in crisis over the past several years amid increasing production costs and a prolonged oversupply crisis that has forced them to slash prices in a bid to stay afloat. With little being done to alleviate the situation, firms are now <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3iCZvcu\">\u201con the edge of a precipice\u201d<\/a> and face collapse, Aviles said yesterday. The covid-19 pandemic and the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ec8c2b4f-f425-443e-ad0a-82c4e82b1578\">six-month ban construction permits<\/a> has only intensified the downward pressure on demand, causing production to fall to record lows in May, he said, adding that demand is expected to fall 15% to 42 mn tonnes in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calls for gov\u2019t intervention: <\/strong>\"Urgent decisions are required from the government, because unfortunately, if action is not done quickly, a number of companies may not be able to continue and bear more losses and are forced to close,\" Aviles said. He also suggested a proposal to set production quotas for companies linked to carbon emissions, to achieve the joint goals of reducing production and preserving the environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The glut has already hit several companies<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/03\/national-cement-company-to-be-liquidated\/\">National Cement<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/06\/18\/heidelbergs-tourah-cement-suspends-production-considers-liquidation-amid-losses\/\">Tourah Cement<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/07\/09\/el-nahda-cement-to-partially-suspend-main-production-line-for-6-months-amid-low-sales-and-oversupply\/\">El Nahda Cement<\/a> have all either permanently or temporarily suspended production over the past two years, as new government-owned factories exacerbated the already serious supply crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We took an in-depth look into the challenges facing the sector <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/40646567-7443-49e3-8b63-ab1023dd965b\">earlier this year<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply glut could push six cement producers out of Egypt by next year, Lafarge boss says: As many as six cement producers could be forced to exit the Egyptian market by 2021 if the ongoing oversupply crisis doesn\u2019t abate, Lafarge Egypt's CEO Solomon Baumgartner Aviles said during a webinar, Hapi Journal reports. 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