Cemex: 9M13 turnover edges ahead
For the first nine months of the year, Cemex' turnover edged ahead by 0.7 per cent to US$11,352.7m but but EBITDA eased by 0.3 per cent to US$2001.2m as Mexico continues to drag on the company's performance although substantial improvements are seen in the US.
Construction Products Association upwardly revises UK's growth outlook
The UK’s Construction Products Association is anticipating growth of 19 per cent for the domestic construction industry by 2017 – an upward revision from its summer forecast, reflecting an increase in activity, which will boost UK GDP by an additional GBP20bn.
Overview of the Cement Industry
Economics of the U.S. Cement Industry
Information on aspects of the U.S. cement industry including imports, exports, ownership, economic cycles, employment, and trends.
History & Manufacture of Portland Cement
In 1824, Joseph Aspdin, a British stone mason, obtained a patent for
a cement he produced in his kitchen. The inventor heated a mixture
of finely ground limestone and clay in his kitchen stove and ground
the mixture into a powder create a hydraulic cement-one that hardens
with the addition of water. Aspdin named the product portland cement
because it resembled a stone quarried on the Isle of Portland off
the British Coast. With this invention, Aspdin laid the foundation
for today's portland cement industry.
US economic momentum expected to spill over into construction industry
The Portland Cement Association has forecast strong growth rates for the construction industry in 2013 and an increase in cement consumption too. According to the association’s predictions, Improvements in the underlying economic fundamentals, the existence of large pent-up demand balances, and the diminishment of economic fiscal cliff uncertainty will all combine to the benefit of cement.
Eco-efficient Manufacturing
The manufacturing of cement requires the processing of natural raw materials, like limestone and chalk, and the use of fossil fuels to heat our kilns.
BIMCO’s December container shipping report
Overall Asian exports look weak for the moment, as consumers hold back across the board. Strength is shown instead in the Australasia and Oceania region, which holds up well in the turmoil.