India’s top four cement companies showed an overall increase in profit and sales for the period, due to healthy demand and a rise in prices

Iraq’s cement consumption is forecast to increase to over 30 million tons by 2024, according to CW Research’s 2019 update of the Iraq Cement Market Report.

The global cement bagging equipment market value is projected to drop to USD 154 million by 2024, according to CW Research’s World Cement Bag & Bagging Equipment Industry and Forecast Report.

In 2018, the total number of active cement carriers surpassed 360 units, with the total dead weight tonnage topping 2.7 million, the highest figure recorded since 2010.

Between 2019 and 2024, the total volume of sea-based traded cementitious materials is forecast to reach almost 180 million tons, according to CW Research’s 2019 update of the World Cement, Clinker & Slag Sea-Based Trade Report.

Growth during the year remained strong, and companies enter 2019 with confidence, despite the expected challenges

Global cement consumption can contract to 4.01 billion tons in 2050, according to CW Research’s long-term forecast available in the 1H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).