Greenwich (Conn.), USA, October 26, 2016 ÔÇô In 2016, worldwide demand for lime, constituting largely of quicklime, but also of slaked and hydraulic lime, slid by 10 million from the 2014 peak to 350 million tons. However, supported by an anticipated recovery of the steel industry ÔÇô which consumes almost 50 percent of the lime used at the global level ÔÇô worldwide demand for lime is projected to show modest recovery by 2021, according to CW Research's study on ÔÇ£Global Quicklime, Slaked Lime, and Hydraulic Lime Market Report.ÔÇØ

Greenwich (Conn.), USA, November 2, 2016 ÔÇô Global export prices for gray cement have continued to decline into the second half of 2016, falling to well below the $60 per ton mark, according to the 3Q2016 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR). While export pricing continued to trend lower, quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) ex-works pricing, however, saw signs of recovery.

Global export prices for gray cement recovered on a quarterly basis in the third quarter of 2016, being still below the $60 per ton mark, according to the 4Q2016 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR). While export pricing for gray cement increased in the third quarter, quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) ex-works pricing, however, decreased in most of the markets. In China, ex-works cement prices decreased more than 9% QoQ and in Nigeria, ex-works pricing decreased by 25% in the same period.