With California among the top cement-producing states in the US and some of its city streets and freeways approaching 100 years with limited maintenance, Thomas Tietz tells CemWeek Magazine how the story of concrete is underrated, and how California cement producers are planning to curb CO2 emissions over the long term.

Global oil well cement consumption is poised to increase through 2024, with key markets such as the US and Saudi Arabia forecast to experience robust average growth rates above 50 percent, according to CW Research’s World Oil Well Cement Market Forecast 2024.

As the Indian cement industry aims to compete even further in international markets, and as the government tightens emission regulations, how can the road towards sustainability benefit manufacturers?

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Med Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker slipped in both regions in November.

With economic growth fading out in some markets and improving in others, the overall macroeconomic scenario is moving towards a cloudier period. Cement demand will continue to grow outside China, but at a slower pace.

Globally, gray cement trade prices rose in the third quarter of 2018, according to the 3Q 2018 update of CW Research’s Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

The world's top cement companies have reported an increase in sales for the first half of the year, with prospects for 2018 remaining overall positive.