Cement Press Releases

US petcoke exports reached 33.4 million tons in 2019, according to leading global and multi-industry advisory, research and business intelligence boutique CW Group.

According to CW Research's World Cement Equipment Market and Forecast Report 2020, the market for cement manufacturing equipment and services is projected to decline to an estimated USD 8 billion by 2024.

US petcoke export prices are poised to increase in 2020, according to CW Group. Despite a forecasted slight pricing decline in late 2019, demand for US petcoke is expected to grow in 2020.

In 2019, Western Europe remained the major white cement exporting region, followed by Eastern Europe and CIS, according to CW Research's 2020 Global White Cement Market and Trade Report.

Between 2019 and 2024, global white cement demand is projected to increase modestly to over 22 million tons, according to CW Research's 2020 Global White Cement Market and Trade Report.

World cement capacity is projected to touch 5.8 billion tons by 2024, according to CW Research's 2H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report. In 2019 alone, Asia ex-China is forecast to account for over 40 percent of all capacity additions.

World cement consumption is projected to increase to 4.2 billion tons in 2019, according to CW Research's 2H2019 Global Cement Volume Forecast Report.

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both cement and clinker increased across the two regions in August 2019.

In the first half of 2019, cement demand recorded conflicting trends across selected markets, according to CW Research's Cement Country Market Data reporting.

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both commodities recorded conflicting trends across regions in June 2019.

Iraq's cement consumption is forecast to increase to over 30 million tons by 2024, according to CW Research's 2019 update of the Iraq Cement Market Report. Cement consumption figures in the country are being boosted by strong reconstruction demand.

In the first quarter of 2019, global gray cement ex-works prices showed wide regional variation, contracting in South America, but recording solid growth in China, according to the 1Q2019 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

The global cement bagging equipment market value is projected to drop to USD 154 million by 2024, according to CW Research's World Cement Bag & Bagging Equipment Industry and Forecast Report.

In 2018, the total number of active cement carriers surpassed 360 units, with the total dead weight tonnage topping 2.7 million, the highest figure recorded since 2010.

Between 2019 and 2024, the total volume of sea-based traded cementitious materials is forecast to reach almost 180 million tons, according to CW Research's 2019 update of the World Cement, Clinker & Slag Sea-Based Trade Report.

Global cement consumption can contract to 4.01 billion tons in 2050, according to CW Research's long-term forecast available in the 1H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).

Global cement capacity is projected to remain flat between 2018 and 2023, according to CW Research's 1H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).

World cement consumption is forecast to decrease marginally to 4 billion tons in 2019, according to CW Research's 1H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both commodities recorded a slight expansion in March 2019.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, global gray cement ex-works prices weakened across most major markets, with the exception of China, according to the 4Q2018 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

Global demand for calcium aluminate cement is forecast to reach one million tons between 2021 and 2022, according to CW Research's Global Calcium Aluminate Cement Market Report and Forecast.

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both commodities displayed a slight improvement in the first month of the year.

CW Research, in its World Oil Well Cement Market Forecast 2024, projects consumption of cementitious materials for drilling in the US to reach roughly four million tons by 2024.

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker recorded a slight decrease in both regions in December.

According to CW Research's 2018 update of the Kenya Cement Market Report, cement consumption in the country is forecast to increase at an annual average rate of almost six percent, exceeding seven million tons by 2023.

Global oil well cement consumption is poised to increase through 2024, with key markets such as the US and Saudi Arabia forecast to experience robust average growth rates above 50 percent, according to CW Research's World Oil Well Cement Market Forecast..

According to CW Research's Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker slipped in both regions in November.

Globally, gray cement trade prices rose in the third quarter of 2018, according to the 3Q 2018 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

According to CW Research's 2018 update of the Oman Cement Market Report, cement apparent consumption in the country is forecast to increase to almost eleven million tons in 2023, encouraged by growing construction activity both due to private and public..

Global cement capacity is forecast to edge up by almost one percent per year on average between 2018 and 2023, according to CW Research's 2H2018 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).

Global cement consumption is projected to decline marginally to 4.05 billion tons in 2018, according to CW Research's 2H2018 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).