Information Profile @ a Glance
- Cement is a mixture of lime and silica
which forms the binding component of concrete.
- There are several different types of
cement, but the most common variety is Portland.
- Cement is manufactured according to
standardized specifications and is sold primarily in bulk.
- About 75% of all the cement produced is
used to make ready-mix concrete, which is used to make buildings,
bridges, sidewalks, walls, and all sorts of constructed
structures.
- The rest is used to make building
materials such as concrete blocks, pipes, and pre-cast slabs; in road
building and repairs, and other assorted uses.
- The cement industry is said to be an
energy-intensive industry together with steel, paper and petrochemical
industries.
- The cement industry
comprises of 125 large cement plants with an installed capacity of
148.28 million tonnes and more than 300 mini
cement plants with an estimated capacity of 11.10 million tonnes per annum.
- The Cement Corporation of
India, which is a Central Public Sector Undertaking, has 10
units.
- There are 10 large cement
plants owned by various State Governments.
- The total installed
capacity in the country as a whole is 159.38
million tonnes.
- The percentage of energy cost in portland
cement production cost is 20 to 30%. If the energy cost is reduced, the
manufacturing cost is lowered, resulting in increasing the company’s
profits.
- Texas, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Missouri, and Alabama, in descending order, were the six largest
producing States and accounted for about one-half of U.S. production.
- About 74% of cement sales went to
ready-mixed concrete producers, 13% to concrete product manufacturers,
7% to contractors (mainly for road paving), 4% to building materials
dealers, and 2% to other users.
- The cement industry is one of the largest
sources of carbon dioxide emissions, and U.S. cement producers were
voluntarily seeking to reduce emissions.
- Carbon dioxide reduction strategies by the
cement industry were aimed at lower emissions per ton of cement, rather
than total emissions.
- Demand for blended cements will also climb
at an above-average pace, driven by their superior performance in
selected applications.
- Production of blended cements is the best
low cost, in most cases zero cost way to increase capacity.
- Global demand for cement is forecast to
grow 4.7 percent annually to 2.8 billion metric tons in 2010.
- Cement shortage conditions currently
remain a regional problem, not a national phenomenon.
- Where cement is in short supply, the
reasons are typically twofold: strong cement demand has materialized due
to strong residential construction activity, and not enough ships are
available to bring in imported cement.
- Mexico is the second largest national
market for cement in North America.
- China, which is already by far the largest
market for cement in the world, will register the biggest gains in terms
of the total amount of cement sold.
- Other developing parts of the Asia/Pacific
region and Eastern Europe, as well as a number of nations in the
Africa/Mideast and Latin America regions, will also record above-average
cement market gains, fueled by a robust construction outlook.
- Vietnam, Thailand, the Ukraine, Turkey and
Indonesia will record some of the strongest increases in percentage
terms.
- Market advances will be less robust
in the developed areas of the US, Japan and Western Europe, with
maintenance and repair construction accounting for much of the growth in
cement demand through 2010.
- However, a pickup a construction spending
in Germany and Japan following an extended period of decline will help
bolster overall developed world market growth.
- Exports of cement seldom exceed 1% of
total U.S. production. Like imports, exports are cyclical reaching
marginally higher levels during economic recessions when domestic
markets are slack.
- Major players in Indian Industry are Ambuja cement, Aditya Cement, J K Cement and L & T
cement.
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Cement Information
- Cement
- Emissions
- Blended Cements
- Cement Production
Survey
- Cement-End-Use Statistics
- Cement Shortage
- Bauxite-End-Use Statistics
- Cement Rock-North Dakota
Projects-Factory
Set-Up
- World Cement Projects
- Century Plyboards-Meghalaya
- Investment Opportunities -Niger
- Al Ruya Industry- Dh1.5 billion
- Shree Cement-Chennai
- Project Consultant
- Kuwait Cement -Kiln Project
- Investment Idea
- Gujarat Sidhee Cement Investment
- SG Corporate Banking
Marketing and
Cost Estimation
- World Cement
- Canada-2004
- Gujarat Ambuja Limited
- Dubai Cement Market
- Indian Cement
- Supply Issues-2006
- Gulf Cement
- Liberalizing Cement Prices
- Cement Prices
- Cost Structure And Pricing
- Asia Cement
- Madras Cement
- Cement Market
- Manufacturers Test Report
- Bamburi-Financial Report
- Global Cement-2020
Indian Suppliers/
Manufacturers/ Importers/ Dealers
- Indian Importers
- Cement Buyers-India
- Cement Importers-India
- Indian Manufacturers
- Merchants/Traders
- India-Manufacturers Directory
- Birla White
- Birla Cement Works
- Indorama SPL Group
- Mineral & Metal Marketing
- Indian Industry
- Mortar Cement
- Cement Exporter
- Cement Paints Dealers
- Cement Blocks
- Zuari and Vishnu Cement
- JK Lakshmi Cement
- Cement Tiles Manufacturer
- Cement Factories
- Rajco Scientific & Engineering
Products
- Gujarat Ambuja Cements
- Shree Cement-Chennai
Foreign
Suppliers/ Manufacturers/ Importers/ Dealers
- Cement Importers
- Cement Buyers
- World-Wide Cement Buyers
- Global Cement Buyers
- Global Exporters
- Cement Industry Links
- Buying Leads
- Furnace Cement Suppliers
- Irish Manufacturers
- Portland Cement Suppliers
- Cement Clinker
- Cement Plants & Machinery
- Wholesale Cement
- Global Importers and Buyers
- Orascom Construction Industries
- Siam Cement Group
- Essroc
- Star Cement
- Cambodia Suppliers
- Cement Producer Links
- Cemex
- HeidelbergCement
- Lehigh Cement Company
- China Cement Bag
- Cement Bag Traders
- Jordan Cement Factories
- Rubber Cement
- Used Cement Equipment
- New & Used Ferro-Cement
- Trade Leads-China
- MMW Cement Brick
- Slydo Cement Tools
- Cement Tools and Trowels
Industrial
Report
- Cement Industry
- Indian Cement Industry
- Cement Industry-US
- Portland Cement Association
- International Report
- Handy Manual-UNIDO
- Environmental Data-German Industry
- Energy Use-North America
- Albania’s Cement Industry
- Anhui Conch Cement
- Cement Industry-GCC
- Oman Cement
- Caribbean Cement Company
- Lafarge and Asian Industry
- Palestine
- Penta Engineering Corp
- Dalmia Cement Limited
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