Cement development in the Customs Union

In January 2012, a single economic area was established, consisting of the three member countries of the customs union of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia. According to experts, the formation of this...

1 Introduction According to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), the weakening of the global economy from the previously forecast 3.5?% for 2012 to 3.3?% as outlined in the World Economic Outlook...

1 Introduction The modern Russian cement industry currently includes 58 cement plants with a total combined capacity of more than 95 Mt. The largest cement companies in the Russian market are the...

1 Introduction Cement capacities are growing faster than demand [1]. Figure 1 shows the global development since 2001. Up to 2007 cement demand was growing faster than capacity, because the demand...

1 Introduction The cement industry benchmarks of North America and Latin America are very different. While cement prices are highest in Latin America (258 compared to an index of 100 for Asia...