Worldwide white cement consumption expected to accelerate 2014 - 2020

Global white cement consumption growth is expected to accelerate in the next five years, according to the recently released CW Research 2015 Global White Cement Market and Trade Report. The global economy has yet to recover from the financial crisis, the prospects for white cement have improved due to the rise of emerging consuming countries like India, the resurgence of demand in the US and the consolidation of the Middle East as a major consumption hub.

The global white cement industry experienced subdued growth from 2011 to 2014, as compared to the four-fold growth in gray cement consumption over the same period. The difference can be partly attributed to white cement's dependence on demand from developed markets such as Greece, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, where consumption volumes reversed dramatically as economies collapsed.

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