Discussion with: Mustafa Güçlü, Chairman of TCMA

The Continued Rise of Turkish Cement - CemWeek spoke with Mustafa Güçlü, Chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers' Association, about export markets, environmental regulations, and the domestic outlook for Turkish cement.

Turkey is the world's third greatest exporter of cement by volume and is the main manufacturer of cement in Europe. Turkey was among the top ten cement producers in the world as of the end of 2008, with a production capacity of over 56.8 million tons of clinker and over 94.3 million tons of cement. Turkish exporters sell cement to both developed and developing countries such as Russia, Italy, France, Israel, Spain, Syria and Iraq.

Read the rest of the article in the CemWeek Magazine issue 8.