Cement in China

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The rise of China as an economic powerhouse has been a significant development in this century so far. Building an economic powerhouse requires building and building requires building materials, one of the oldest of which is cement. China has invested heavily in its cement production capacity, nearly tripling its clinker production capacity between 2000 and 2010 according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Clinker is, in the most basic sense, a coarse form of cement which has yet to be ground down into the fine powdery substance that is cement, the glue that binds all the ingredients of concrete together.

Today’s market size is the size of cement production capacity in China in 2010.

Geographic reference: China
Year: 2010
Market size: 2.41 billion tons
Source: “Chinese Production Statistics for 2010,” Global Cement Weekly, July 6, 2011, page 1.
Original source: OneStone Research

6 thoughts on “Cement in China”

  1. is that meant the production of clinker in China oversupply or not?
    could i know how much the total supply of clinker in China? Thank you.

    • To answer your question, Fuji Lasmini, we looked at the U.S. Geological Survey’s annual report on the Cement trade. I will place a link to that report below this message so that you may study it yourself.

      According to the USGS estimates, China produced 1.5 billion metric tons of clinker in 2010.

      Here’s the report from which we obtained this figure: USGS Report on Cement.

      Hoping this was helpful, I’ll sign off,

      Monique
      [One of hte Editors]

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