Global cement capacity is forecast to edge up by almost one percent per year on average between 2018 and 2023, according to CW Research’s 2H2018 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report.

Global cement consumption is projected to decline marginally to 4.05 billion tons in 2018, according to CW Research’s 2H2018 update of the Global Cement Volume Forecast Report (GCVFR).

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Med Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker have remained flat in August.

According to CW Research’s “Petcoke Country Market Data”, during the first half of 2018, petcoke production rose in India, but contracted in China and Brazil.

Gray cement trade prices recorded an overall improvement in the second quarter of 2018, according to the 2Q 2018 update of CW Research’s Global Cement Trade Price Report.

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Med Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker have remained unchanged in July.

According to CW Research’s 2018 update of the Dominican Republic Cement Market Report, domestic cement demand is projected to increase to 5.8 million tons a year in 2023, rising at an annual average rate of almost six percent.

According to CW Research’s Cement and Clinker Price Assessments for Med Basin and Persian Gulf, FOB prices for cement and clinker have faced slim decreases in June.

Between 2018 and 2023, white cement demand is projected to rise by an average of two percent per year, according to CW Research’s 2018 update of the Global White Cement Market and Trade Report .

In 2017, the total number of cement carriers topped 360 units, with the total dead weight tonnage surpassing 2.7 million, the highest figure recorded since 2010.