­Further modernization of Russia’s cement industry

1 Development of the GDP in the CIS countries Quelle/Source: IMF – WEO 10/2012
2 Development of mortgage loans in Russia Quelle/Source: LSR
3 Cement production and consumption in the CIS countries Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
4 Development of cement production in Russia Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
5 Important cement data for Russia Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
6 Cement imports and exports in Russia Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
7 Most important suppliers of import cement for Russia Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
8 A Eurocement ­cement plant Quelle/Source: Eurocement Group
9 Eurocement loading terminals Quelle/Source: Eurocement Group
10 New 2.3 Mta Verkhnebakansky plant Quelle/Source: Novoroscement
11 Volkscement plant Quelle/Source: Holcim Russland
12 Preheater system at the Tula plant Quelle/Source: HeidelbergCement
13 Serebryanskoye cement plant Quelle/Source: Basel Cement
14 Slantsky cement plant Quelle/Source: LSR Group
15 Novotroisk cement plant Quelle/Source: YUGPK
16 Wet process kilns at Eurocement Quelle/Source: Eurocement Group
17 Scenario for the ­development of cement and clinker capacity Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
18 Development of new cement capacities up to 2020 Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
19 Cement price ­development Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
20 Development of production costs Quelle/Source: OneStone Consulting
New Tula Cement plant Quelle/Source: HeidelbergCement

In the coming years, Russia’s cement industry will have great growth opportunities but will also face enormous challenges as a consequence of its outdated kiln technology.

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 (WEO Oct. 2012) is also affecting the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Accordingly, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the CIS countries looks set to decline in 2012 from an average of 4.2 % to a predicted 4.0 %. For 2013 and 2017 the projections remain practically unchanged at 4.1 % for each year. Fig. 1 shows the GDP development for the three most important...

TEXT Dr. Joachim Harder, OneStone Consulting Group GmbH, Buxtehude/Germany

This article appeared in

ZKG 12/2012

This article appeared in

ZKG 12/2012

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