March prices of high-sulfur imported petcoke increased by more than 5 percent MoM for both CFR East and West coasts of India, according to CW Research's March update of India Petcoke CFR price assessment.

Global API, API-equivalent and nonconforming oil well cement demand is down by more than 30 percent from the peak nine million ton volume reached in 2013 to low five million tons, including extenders.

Global FOB prices for gray cement are estimated to have declined to March 2016 by 0.3% as compared to December 2015, according to preliminary figures presented in the CW Research's 1Q2016 update to its benchmark price assessment for worldwide trade of gray cement, white cement, clinker, and slag, as well as ex-works and effective market prices: Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).