TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION xiv
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT 4
General 4
World Economic Overview 5
Recent Economic Performance 5
World Economic Outlook 7
World Demographic Overview 11
Population 11
Urban Population 12
World Construction Outlook 14
Nonbuilding Construction 19
Nonresidential Building 21
Residential Building 22
Pricing Patterns 24
Technology Trends 27
Legal & Regulatory Environment 29
III. WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND 33
General 33
World Cement Markets 34
Regional Demand Dynamics 34
Demand by Type 39
Portland 41
Blended 43
Other 45
Demand by Market 47
Ready-Mix Concrete 49
Construction Contractors 51
Consumer 53
Concrete Products 55
Other 57
World Cement Production 59
International Trade Flows 62
IV. NORTH AMERICA 65
Overview 65
Cement Supply & Demand 67
United States 69
Canada 75
Mexico 80
V. WESTERN EUROPE 86
Overview 86
Cement Supply & Demand 88
Spain 91
Italy 96
Germany 101
France 106
Other Western Europe 111
United Kingdom 118
Greece 119
Portugal 120
Belgium 121
Netherlands 122
Austria 123
Ireland 124
All Other 125
VI. ASIA/PACIFIC 126
Overview 126
Cement Supply & Demand 129
China 132
India 140
Japan 144
South Korea 149
Vietnam 154
Indonesia 159
Thailand 164
Other Asia/Pacific 169
Pakistan 176
Malaysia 177
Taiwan 178
Philippines 179
Australia 180
All Other 181
VII. OTHER REGIONS 183
Latin America 183
Overview 183
Cement Supply & Demand 185
Brazil 188
Other Latin America 193
Argentina 199
Colombia 201
Peru 202
Venezuela 202
Chile 204
All Other 205
Eastern Europe 206
Overview 206
Cement Supply & Demand 208
Russia 210
Other Eastern Europe 215
Poland 221
Ukraine 222
Romania 223
Czech Republic 224
All Other 225
Africa/Mideast 226
Overview 226
Cement Supply & Demand 229
Turkey 231
Iran 236
Egypt 241
Saudi Arabia 246
Other Africa/Mideast 251
United Arab Emirates 258
Algeria 259
South Africa 260
Nigeria 261
Morocco 262
All Other 263
VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 265
General 265
Industry Composition 266
Market Share 267
Lafarge 268
Holcim 269
CEMEX 269
HeidelbergCement 270
Italcementi 270
Other Leading Suppliers 270
Product Development & Manufacturing 271
Marketing & Distribution 273
Cooperative Agreements 274
Financial Requirements 281
Mergers & Acquisitions 282
Company Profiles 289
Aalborg Portland A/S, see Cementir Holdings SpA
ACC Limited 290
Adelaide Brighton Limited, see Boral Limited
Aden Cement Enterprises Limited, see Holcim Limited
Adocim Cimento Beton Sanayi ve Tikaret, see Titan Cement
AfriSam South Africa Pty Limited, see Holcim Limited
Akcansa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret, see HeidelbergCement
Alamo Cement Company, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
Algerian Cement Company, see Lafarge SA
Alpha Cement JSC, see Holcim Limited
Ambuja Cements Limited 293
Amreyah Cement Company, see Cimentos de Portugal
Anhui Chaodong Cement, see Anhui Conch Cement
Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited 295
Anhui King Bridge Cement,
see Anhui Conch Cement and Taiwan Cement
APO Cement Corporation, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Ash Grove Cement Company 297
Asia Cement Corporation 299
Asment de Temara SA, see Cimentos de Portugal
Assiut Cement Company, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Bamburi Cement Limited, see Lafarge SA
Bastas Baskent Cimento, see Vicat Group SA
Blue Circle Southern Cement Limited, see Boral Limited
Boral Limited 301
Buzzi Unicem SpA 303
California Portland Cement, see Taiheiyo Cement
Camargo Correa SA 308
Cement Australia Holdings,
see CEMEX, Holcim and HeidelbergCement
Cement Hranice as, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
Cementa AB, see HeidelbergCement AG
Cementilce SRL, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Cementir Holdings SpA 309
Cemento Bayano SA, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Cemento de El Salvador SA, see Holcim Limited
Cemento Polpaico SA, see Holcim Limited
Cementos Argos SA 313
Cementos Avellaneda SA,
see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA
Cementos Cosmos SA,
see Cimentos de Portugal
Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA,
see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA
Cementownia Nowiny Sp zoo, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
CEMEX SAB de CV 315
Ceskomoravsky Cement as, see HeidelbergCement AG
Chia Hsin Cement, see Taiwan Cement
Chilanga Cement plc, see Lafarge SA
China Century Cement Limited, see HeidelbergCement
China Resources Cement Holdings, see Ube Industries
Ciment Rezina Moldova, see Lafarge SA
Cimentas AS, see Cementir Holdings SpA
Cimenteries CBR SA, see HeidelbergCement AG
Cimenteries du Cameroun, see Lafarge SA
Cimentos de Cabo Verde SA, see Cimentos de Portugal
Cimentos de Mozambique sarl, see Cimentos de Portugal
Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA 325
Ciments Calcia SA, see Italcementi SpA
Ciments de Jbel Oust, see Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA
Ciments du Maroc, see Italcementi SpA
Ciments Francais SA, see Italcementi SpA
Ciments Luxembourg SA, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
Cimpor - Cimentos do Brasil, see Cimentos de Portugal
Compagnie des Ciments Belges SA, see Italcementi SpA
Conwood Company, see Siam City Cement
Corporacion Moctezuma SAB de CV, see Buzzi Unicem
Corporacion Uniland SA,
see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA
CDN-Dragon Products,
see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA
CRH plc 330
Dalmacijacement dd, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Denizli Cement, see CRH plc
Dniprocement, see HeidelbergCement AG
Dura-Drava Cement Limited, see HeidelbergCement AG
Dyckerhoff AG, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
Eagle Materials Incorporated 334
Egyptian Cement Company, see Holcim and Lafarge
Elazig Cimento, see Cementir Holdings SpA
ENCI NV, see HeidelbergCement AG
Essroc Cement Corporation, see Italcementi SpA
Eurocement Group 336
Fars & Khuzestan Cement Company 337
Finnsementti Oy, see CRH plc
Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA 338
Fuping Cement Company Limited, see Italcementi SpA
Garadagh Sement OJSC, see Holcim Limited
Giant Cement, see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas
Glacier Northwest Incorporated, see Taiheiyo Cement
Grasim Industries Limited 342
Gorazdze Cement SA, see HeidelbergCement AG
Grupo GLA, see Lafarge SA
Grupo Minetti SA, see Holcim Limited
Hanson Limited, see HeidelbergCement AG
HC Trading BV, see HeidelbergCement AG
HeidelbergCement AG 345
Heracles General Cement Company SA, see Lafarge SA
Holcim Limited 358
Houston Cement Company,
see Ash Grove Cement, Buzzi Unicem, Eagle Materials and
Huaxin Cement Company Limited, see Holcim Limited
Hyundai Cement Company Limited 372
Indorama Cement Limited, see HeidelbergCement AG
Italcementi SpA 373
Irish Cement Limited, see CRH plc
Jinan Sunnsy Group 378
JSC Podilsky Cement, see CRH plc
Jura-Holding AG, see CRH plc
Kampot Cement Company Limited, see Siam Cement
Kartuli Tsementi, see HeidelbergCement AG
Kazakh Buchtarma Cement, see HeidelbergCement
Konya Cimento AS, see Vicat Group SA
Kunda Nordic Cement, see CRH and HeidelbergCement
Lafarge SA 380
Lehigh Cement Company, see HeidelbergCement AG
Lehigh White Cement,
see Cementir, CEMEX and HeidelbergCement
Loma Negra CIASA, see Camargo Correa SA
Lucky Cement Limited 396
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation 397
Mysore Cement Limited, see HeidelbergCement AG
Natal Portland Cement Company, see Cimentos de Portugal
National Cement Company, see Vicat Group SA
Nesher Israel Cement Enterprises Limited 400
Nghi Son Cement,
see Mitsubishi Materials and Taiheiyo Cement
OAO Cesla,
see HeidelbergCement AG
OAO Sucholoshskzement, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
OCI Cimento Anonim Sirketi, see Lafarge SA
Orascom Cement, see Lafarge SA
OYAK Cement Group 401
Panama Cement Holding SA, see Holcim Limited
Pretoria Portland Cement Company Limited 402
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa, see HeidelbergCement
PT Semen Gresik TbK 403
Qinhuangdao Asano Cement, see Taiheiyo Cement
Rinker Group Limited, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Saudi Cement Company 405
Scancem International ANS, see HeidelbergCement AG
Secil-Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento SA, see CRH
Shiva Cement Limited,
see ACC Limited
Shree Digvihay Cement, see Grasim Industries
Shymkent Cement, see Italcementi SpA
Siam Cement Public Company Limited 406
Siam City Cement Public Company Limited 408
Sinai Cement Company, see Vicat Group SA
Sinai White Portland Cement Company, see Cementir
Solid Cement Corporation, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Sococim Industries, see Vicat Group SA
Ssangyong Cement Industrial Company Limited 410
St. Lawrence Cement Incorporated, see Holcim Limited
St. Marys Cement Incorporated, see Votorantim Group
Suez Cement Company, see Italcementi SpA
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Company Limited 411
Sunstate Cement Limited, see Boral Limited
Suwannee American Cement LLC, see Votorantim Group
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation 413
Taiwan Cement Corporation 416
Tanzania Portland Cement, see HeidelbergCement
TCC International Holdings, see Taiwan Cement
Texas Industries Incorporated 419
Texas Lehigh Cement,
see Eagle Materials and HeidelbergCement
Titan Cement Company SA 421
Tokuyama Corporation 424
Tong Yang Cement Corporation 425
Trinidad Cement Limited, see CEMEX SAB de CV
Ube Industries Limited 427
Ube-Mitsubishi Cement,
see Mitsubishi Materials and Ube Industries
UltraTech Cement Limited, see Grasim Industries
Uniland Cementera SA,
see Fomentos de Construcciones y Contratas SA
United Cement Company of Nigeria, see Holcim and Lafarge
Vassiliko Cement Works, see Italcementi SpA
VAT Volyn-Cement, see Buzzi Unicem SpA
Vicat Group SA 430
Volsk Cement,
see HeidelbergCement AG
Votorantim Group 433
West African Portland Cement plc, see Lafarge SA
Yamaguchi EcoTech,
see Tokuyama and Ube Industries
Yibitas Lafarge Orta Anadou Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret,
see Cimentos de Portugal
Zlatna Panega AD,
see Titan Cement Company SA
Zuari Cement Limited,
see Italcementi SpA
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NUMBER PAGE
SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 World Gross Domestic Product by Region 10
2 World Population by Region 12
3 World Urban Population by Region 14
4 World Construction Expenditures by Region 16
5 World Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures by Region 20
6 World Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures
by Region 22
7 World Residential Building Construction Expenditures
by Region 24
8 World Cement Pricing 27
SECTION III -- WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND
1 World Cement Demand by Region 36
2 World Cement Demand by Type 40
3 World Portland Cement Demand by Region 43
4 World Blended Cement Demand by Region 45
5 World Demand for Other Cement by Region 47
6 World Cement Demand by Market 48
7 World Ready-Mix Concrete Demand for Cement by Region 51
8 World Construction Contractor Cement Demand by Region 53
9 World Consumer Demand for Cement by Region 55
10 World Concrete Product Demand for Cement by Region 57
11 World Demand for Cement in Other Markets by Region 59
12 World Cement Production by Region 61
13 World Cement Net Exports by Region 64
SECTION IV -- NORTH AMERICA
1 North America -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 66
2 North America -- Cement Supply & Demand 69
3 United States -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 71
4 United States -- Cement Supply & Demand 75
5 Canada -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 77
6 Canada -- Cement Supply & Demand 80
7 Mexico -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 82
8 Mexico -- Cement Supply & Demand 85
SECTION V -- WESTERN EUROPE
1 Western Europe -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 88
2 Western Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand 91
3 Spain -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 93
4 Spain -- Cement Supply & Demand 96
5 Italy -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 98
6 Italy -- Cement Supply & Demand 101
7 Germany -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 103
8 Germany -- Cement Supply & Demand 106
9 France -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 108
10 France -- Cement Supply & Demand 111
11 Other Western Europe -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 113
12 Other Western Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand 115
13 Other Western Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand
by Country 117
SECTION VI -- ASIA/PACIFIC
1 Asia/Pacific -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 128
2 Asia/Pacific -- Cement Supply & Demand 132
3 China -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 135
4 China -- Cement Supply & Demand 139
5 India -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 141
6 India -- Cement Supply & Demand 144
7 Japan -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 146
8 Japan -- Cement Supply & Demand 149
9 South Korea -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 151
10 South Korea -- Cement Supply & Demand 154
11 Vietnam -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 156
12 Vietnam -- Cement Supply & Demand 159
13 Indonesia -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 161
14 Indonesia -- Cement Supply & Demand 164
15 Thailand -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 166
16 Thailand -- Cement Supply & Demand 169
17 Other Asia/Pacific -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 171
18 Other Asia/Pacific -- Cement Supply & Demand 174
19 Other Asia/Pacific -- Cement Supply & Demand by Country 175
SECTION VII -- OTHER REGIONS
1 Latin America -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 185
2 Latin America -- Cement Supply & Demand 188
3 Brazil -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 190
4 Brazil -- Cement Supply & Demand 193
5 Other Latin America -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 195
6 Other Latin America -- Cement Supply & Demand 197
7 Other Latin America -- Cement Supply & Demand by Country 199
8 Eastern Europe -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 207
9 Eastern Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand 210
10 Russia -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 212
11 Russia -- Cement Supply & Demand 215
12 Other Eastern Europe -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 217
13 Other Eastern Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand 219
14 Other Eastern Europe -- Cement Supply & Demand
by Country 221
15 Africa/Mideast -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 228
16 Africa/Mideast -- Cement Supply & Demand 231
17 Turkey -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 233
18 Turkey -- Cement Supply & Demand 236
19 Iran -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 238
20 Iran -- Cement Supply & Demand 241
21 Egypt -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 243
22 Egypt -- Cement Supply & Demand 246
23 Saudi Arabia -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 248
24 Saudi Arabia -- Cement Supply & Demand 251
25 Other Africa/Mideast -- Key Indicators for Cement Demand 253
26 Other Africa/Mideast -- Cement Supply & Demand 256
27 Other Africa/Mideast -- Cement Supply & Demand
by Country 257
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Selected Cooperative Agreements 275
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 284
LIST OF CHARTS
CHART NUMBER PAGE
SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Relationship Between Cement Demand & Construction
Expenditures, 2007 18
SECTION III -- WORLD SUPPLY & DEMAND
1 World Cement Demand by Region, 2007 37
2 World Cement Demand -- Projected 2007-2012 Annual Rate
of Growth 38
3 World Cement Demand by Type 40
4 World Cement Demand by Market, 2007 49
5 World Cement Production by Region, 2007 62
SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 World Cement Market Share by Company, 2007 268
