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Lafarge-Holcim’s cement rivals in the Americas

1 Development of the PCC in the Americas OneStone Consulting
2 Cement production and consumption OneStone Consulting
3 Cement capacity growth in the Americas OneStone Consulting
4 CAGR of cement capacity and consumption (2011-14) OneStone Consulting
5 Development of capacity utilization OneStone Consulting
6 St. Genevieve cement plant in the USA Holcim
7 TOP 10 rivals of Lafarge-Holcim in the Americas OneStone Consulting
8 Ragland cement plant in the USA Vicat
9 Cemex cement plant in Nicaragua CEMEX
10 Sobradinho cement plant in Brazil Votorantim
11 Ijaci cement plant in Brazil Intercement
12 Roberta cement plant in the USA Argos
13 Union Bridge cement plant in the USA HeidelbergCement
14 Seattle cement plant in the USA Ash Grove Cement
15 US cement production and consumption OneStone Consulting
16 US cement imports and exports OneStone Consulting
17 TOP US cement producers 2013 OneStone Consulting
18 Brazil’s cement production and consumption OneStone Consulting
19 TOP cement producers in Brazil 2013 OneStone Consulting
20 Mexico’s cement production and consumption OneStone Consulting
21 TOP cement producers in Mexico 2013 OneStone Consulting
Alpena cement plant in the USA Lafarge

Lafarge-Holcim will have the largest cement capacity of any of the cement producers in the Americas after their merger and sale of assets to CRH. In the following review we will discuss the implications of the merger, profile the major cement rivals in this region and look at the latest market developments in the major markets of the USA, Brazil and Mexico.

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 Pacific), North America is, with an index of 191, closer to the global average of 173. But operating costs are highest in North America (index of 232 compared to 100 for Asia Pacific) and much lower in Latin America, with an index of 126, which is below the global average of 146. Finally, replacement costs for cement capacity are indexed at 250 for North America and 130 for Latin America (compared to an...

TEXT Dr. Joachim Harder, OneStone Consulting S.L., Barcelona/Spain

This article appeared in

ZKG 3/2015

This article appeared in

ZKG 3/2015

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