TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
World Economic Overview 5
Recent Economic Performance 5
World Economic Outlook 8
World Demographic Overview 11
World Population Outlook 12
Urban Population Outlook 13
World Paved Road Overview 15
World Construction Outlook 17
Nonbuilding Construction 19
Nonresidential Building Construction 21
Residential Building Construction 22
Construction Aggregates Pricing Patterns 24
Technology Trends 26
Legal & Regulatory Environment 30
III. OVERVIEW 34
General 34
World Construction Aggregates Markets 35
Demand by Region 35
Demand by Type 41
Crushed Stone 43
Sand 45
Gravel 48
Other 50
Demand by Market 53
Nonbuilding Construction 56
Nonresidential Building Construction 57
Residential Building Construction 58
Demand by Application 59
Hydraulic Concrete 60
Road Base & Coverings 61
Asphaltic Concrete 62
Other 62
Production & Trade Overview 63
IV. NORTH AMERICA 65
General 65
Construction Aggregates Demand 67
United States 70
Canada 75
Mexico 78
V. WESTERN EUROPE 83
General 83
Construction Aggregates Demand 85
Germany 88
Spain 92
France 96
Italy 100
United Kingdom 104
Other Western Europe 108
VI. ASIA/PACIFIC 115
General 115
Construction Aggregates Demand 118
China 121
India 126
Japan 130
South Korea 134
Australia 138
Indonesia 142
Other Asia/Pacific 146
VII. OTHER REGIONS 155
Latin America 155
Brazil 160
Other Latin America 163
Eastern Europe 170
Russia 174
Other Eastern Europe 179
Africa/Mideast 185
Iran 190
Turkey 193
Other Africa/Mideast 197
VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 204
General 204
Industry Composition 205
Market Share 208
Production & Processing 212
Marketing & Distribution 215
Cooperative Agreements 218
Mergers, Acquisitions & Industry Restructuring 222
Company Profiles 227
AfriSam South Africa, see Holcim
Aggregate Industries, see Holcim
Akcansa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret , see HeidelbergCement
Alamo Cement Company, see Buzzi Unicem
Alliance Construction Materials, see HeidelbergCement
Anglo American plc 228
Asamer Holding AG 233
Asia Cement Corporation 234
Bardon Aggregates, see Holcim
Beijing Hengkun Toufeng Quarry Company Limited 235
Boral Limited 236
Brett (Robert) & Sons Limited 238
Buffalo Crushed Stone, see New Enterprise Stone & Lime
Buzzi Unicem SpA 240
Callanan Industries, see CRH
Carmeuse Group SA 242
Carpat Agregate, see HeidelbergCement
CEMEX SAB de CV 244
Charles Luck Stone Center, see Luck Stone
Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA 249
Ciments Francais, see Italcementi
CRH plc 251
Dunai Kavicsuezemek, see HeidelbergCement
Dyckerhoff, see Buzzi Unicem
Essroc Cement, see Italcementi
Franzefoss AS 258
Gorazdze Kruszywa, see HeidelbergCement
Granite Construction Incorporated 259
HeidelbergCement AG 260
Holcim Limited 269
Huzhou Xinkaiyuan Crushed Stone Company Limited 277
Irving Materials Incorporated 278
Italcementi SpA 279
JURA-Holding, see CRH
K. Wah International Holdings Limited Group 281
Lafarge SA 283
Lava Mining and Quarrying, see Lafarge
Lehigh Cement, see HeidelbergCement
Lime & Stone Production, see CEMEX
Luck Stone Corporation 287
Martin Limestone, see New Enterprise Stone & Lime
Martin Marietta Materials Incorporated 288
Material Service, see HeidelbergCement
Metromix, see HeidelbergCement
Mineral Resource Technologies, see CEMEX
National Lime & Stone Company 290
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Incorporated 291
Nitchitsu Company Limited 292
Nittetsu Mining Company Limited 293
Nordkalk Corporation 294
NorStone, see HeidelbergCement
Northstone NI, see CRH
Oglebay Norton, see Carmeuse Group
Oldcastle Materials, see CRH
Olsztynskie Kopalnie Surowcow Mineralnych , see CRH
PT Jaya Readymix, see Boral
Ready Mix USA, see CEMEX
Roadstone Dublin, see CRH
Roadstone Provinces, see CRH
Rogers Group Incorporated 295
Rudus Oy, see CRH
Sagrex Holding, see HeidelbergCement
Sand & Grus AB Jehander, see HeidelbergCement
Secil - Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, see CRH
Separation Technologies, see Titan Cement
St. Marys Cement, see Votorantim
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation 297
Tarmac, see Anglo American
Texas Industries Incorporated 298
Titan Cement Company SA 299
United Marine Aggregates, see Anglo American
Votorantim Group 301
Vulcan Materials Company 302
Other Companies Mentioned in Study 305
LIST OF TABLES
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SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region 11
2 World Population by Region 13
3 World Urban Population by Region 14
4 World Paved Roads by Region 16
5 World Construction Expenditures by Type & Region 18
6 World Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures by Region 20
7 World Nonresidential Building Construction
Expenditures by Region 22
8 World Residential Building Construction
Expenditures by Region 24
9 World Construction Aggregates Pricing Patterns 26
SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Region 38
2 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Type 42
3 World Crushed Stone Demand by Region 45
4 World Sand Demand by Region 48
5 World Gravel Demand by Region 50
6 World Demand for Other Construction Aggregates
by Type & Region 53
7 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Market 55
8 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Application 59
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America -- Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 66
2 North America - Construction Aggregates Demand 69
3 United States - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 72
4 United States - Construction Aggregates Demand 74
5 Canada - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 76
6 Canada - Construction Aggregates Demand 78
7 Mexico - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 80
8 Mexico - Construction Aggregates Demand 82
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 85
2 Western Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand 87
3 Germany - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 90
4 Germany - Construction Aggregates Demand 92
5 Spain - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 94
6 Spain - Construction Aggregates Demand 96
7 France - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 98
8 France - Construction Aggregates Demand 100
9 Italy - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 102
10 Italy - Construction Aggregates Demand 104
11 United Kingdom - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 106
12 United Kingdom - Construction Aggregates Demand 108
13 Other Western Europe - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 110
14 Other Western Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand 112
15 Other Western Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country 113
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 117
2 Asia/Pacific - Construction Aggregates Demand 120
3 China - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 124
4 China - Construction Aggregates Demand 126
5 India - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 128
6 India - Construction Aggregates Demand 130
7 Japan - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 132
8 Japan - Construction Aggregates Demand 134
9 South Korea - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 136
10 South Korea - Construction Aggregates Demand 138
11 Australia - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 140
12 Australia - Construction Aggregates Demand 142
13 Indonesia - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 144
14 Indonesia - Construction Aggregates Demand 146
15 Other Asia/Pacific - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 148
16 Other Asia/Pacific - Construction Aggregates Demand 150
17 Other Asia/Pacific - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country 151
SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Latin America - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 157
2 Latin America Construction Aggregates Demand 159
3 Brazil - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 161
4 Brazil - Construction Aggregates Demand 163
5 Other Latin America - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 165
6 Other Latin America - Construction Aggregates Demand 167
7 Other Latin America - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country 168
8 Eastern Europe - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 171
9 Eastern Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand 174
10 Russia - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 176
11 Russia - Construction Aggregates Demand 178
12 Other Eastern Europe - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 180
13 Other Eastern Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand 182
14 Other Eastern Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country 183
15 Africa/Mideast - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 187
16 Africa/Mideast - Construction Aggregates Demand 189
17 Iran - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 191
18 Iran - Construction Aggregates Demand 193
19 Turkey - Construction Aggregates Market Environment 195
20 Turkey - Construction Aggregates Demand 197
21 Other Africa/Mideast - Construction Aggregates
Market Environment 199
22 Other Africa/Mideast - Construction Aggregates Demand 201
23 Other Africa/Mideast - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country 202
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Revenue & Production Data: Selected Construction
Aggregates Suppliers, 2008 207
2 Selected Cooperative Agreements 220
3 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 224
LIST OF CHARTS
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SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World Construction Expenditures by Region, 2008 19
SECTION III -- OVERVIEW
1 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Region, 2008 39
2 Increases in Annual Construction Aggregates Demand
by Region: 2008 to 2013 39
3 World Construction Aggregates Demand Projected
2008-2013 Annual Growth Rate 40
4 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Type, 2008 42
5 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Market, 2008 56
6 World Construction Aggregates Demand by Application, 2008 60
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country, 2008 70
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe - Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country, 2008 88
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific Construction Aggregates Demand
by Country, 2008 121
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Construction Aggregates Market Share
by Company, 2008 208