According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices rose modestly for cement deliveries, yet recorded mixed trends for clinker shipments in October.

In the third quarter of 2019, gray cement ex-works prices continued to display mixed trends worldwide, according to the 3Q2019 update of CW Research’s Global Cement Trade Price Report.

World cement capacity is projected to touch 5.8 billion tons by 2024, according to CW Research’s 2H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report.

World cement consumption is projected to increase to 4.2 billion tons in 2019, according to CW Research’s 2H2019 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report.

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both cement and clinker increased across the two regions in August 2019.

In the first half of 2019, cement demand recorded conflicting trends across selected markets, according to CW Research’s Cement Country Market Data reporting.

In the second quarter of 2019, world gray cement ex-works prices continued to display mixed trends across geographies, declining in China, yet surging in the Middle East, according to the 2Q2019 update of CW Research’s Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Mediterranean Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for both commodities recorded conflicting trends across regions in June 2019.

In the first quarter of 2019, global gray cement ex-works prices showed wide regional variation, contracting in South America, but recording solid growth in China, according to the 1Q2019 update of CW Research’s Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).

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.