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CemBR’s team of researchers and analysts follow the cement sector on a daily basis. CemBR’s researchers and analysts follow several sources of information including company public statements, press articles, statistical offices etc. Country reports production dates are shown on the product page.

CemBR Forecasts and CemBR Clinker reports make use of all data, insights, information, and analysis undertaken by CemBR during the first eight months of the year.

A cement plant is a manufacturing facility that can produce clinker and/or cement. Only operational plants are included. In the term “cement plants” we include:
Integrated cement plants, clinker only plants and grinding plants. Grinding plants relevant to GGBFS are part of the data as well. Calcined clay plants are also mentioned in the reports where they exist or are being under construction.

Cement capacity refers to cement milling capacity. The data used for analysis in reports refers only to grey cement. However, reports also provide information where relevant on white cement plants, GGBFS grinding plants, and Calcined Clays plants with their associated capacity.

Clinker capacity refers to the output of a cement kiln i.e. it does not refer to cement milling capacity. Clinker capacity is based on the technical characteristics of a kiln and the plant capacity refers to the total of all the kilns at the plant.

Cement consumption refers to the amount of cement used in a country. This includes both domestically produced cement and imports. Cement may be CEM I, or other types thus including volumes of extenders (flyash, slag etc.). however, extenders used directly by the readymix concrete industry cannot be estimated and they are not included. Nevertheless, in markets where such usage is extensive, there are comments and estimates regarding the volumes used.

Cement production is the total cement produced in a country. This includes cement produced for exports (if any).

Domestic Capacity Utilization Factor. This is the ratio of domestic consumption divided by domestic capacity of cement. In other words, there is no allowance for international trading (imports and exports are excluded).

The UR refers to the actual production of cement in a country. This includes the production of cement for exports (if any).

Reports refer to both imports/exports for cement and clinker.

Net trading is the difference between exports and imports (Exports minus Imports) of cement and clinker from/to a market.

This refers to what percentage in value is the construction activity of total GDP. This is useful as it provides information on the size of the activity and trends over the last ten years.

The consolidation index is based on the HH Index for examining the structure of a market. Must be noted that the CI only refers to capacity of cement in a specific country and not actual market shares. In other words, it provides the structure of an industry considering only the indigenous producers with cement and cement related assets in the country. Importers are not included.

Clinker to cement ratio is an estimate of how much clinker is used for cement consumed in a country on average. This captures the volume of extenders (flyash, slag, limestone etc.) used in the market. If the clinker to cement ratio is 80%, it means that every 100 Kg of cement sold in that market contained 80 Kg of clinker on average.

The bulk to sales ratio indicates the degree of maturity in a market. For example, the higher the bulk sales the more prevalent is the Readymix sector and the higher the major projects part of construction activity.

Ultimate control means CemBR’s view of who is the main, recognizable entity that might exert control on the cement manufacturing facility. For instance, when a major international cement company owns or partly owns a plant, the name of this company is given as the ultimate control, even if their ownership is below 50%.