According to CW Research's 2018 update of the Oman Cement Market Report, cement apparent consumption in the country is forecast to increase to almost eleven million tons in 2023.

Within five years, synthetic graphite is projected to account for almost 70 percent of the global graphite market in terms of demand, a similar share to that expected for 2018, according to CW Research's 2018 update of the World Natural and Synthetic Graphite Market Demand Forecast Report.

Globally, gray cement trade prices rose in the third quarter of 2018, according to the 3Q 2018 update of CW Research's Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR).