Cementitious trade is expected to intensify by 2026 on trade routes to the Americas, in particular to the United States, and within Asia Pacific, according to CW Research's 2021 update of the World Cement, Clinker & Slag Sea-Based Trade Report.

Gray cement ex-works prices are estimated to witness an increase of more than 10 percent in Western Europe in the second quarter of 2021, on an annual basis, while declining by almost 9 percent in the Asia Pacific region, according to the 2Q2021 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report.

The median global slag prices in the second quarter of 2021 are estimated to have declined by over 7 percent quarter-on-quarter, following the trend in prices since the first quarter of the year, according to the 2Q2021 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report.