Global White Cement Market
and Trade - 2019 UpdateNovember 21, 2019
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Agenda
▪ Introduction
– About the presenters
– About the CW Group
– About the GWCTR
▪ GWCTR Highlights - 2019 Update
– Macro economic outlook
– Capacity
– Supply
– Demand
– Trade
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Presenters
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▪ Responsible for providing qualitative and quantitative analysis for
CW Research. Manages BD for research and consulting projects
in Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
▪ Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Economics from
Saint Peter’s University, New Jersey, US and a Master of Science
degree in International Business from Seton Hall University, New
Jersey, USA
Carolina PereiraBusiness Analyst
M:+351 917 314 391
▪ Responsible for the qualitative and quantitative analysis for CW
Research's price and volume assessments in the building
material and heavy industrial sectors. Leads the Porto office
▪ Degree in Management from Coimbra Business School, Portugal
Juliana VieiraJunior Business Analyst
M:+351 918 285 753
▪ Executes quantitative analysis for CW Research's price and
volume assessments in the building material and heavy industrial
sectors. Experience in Cement industry.
▪ Degree in International Relations from ESPM, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Prashant SinghAssociate Director
M:+91 887 960 7047
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Global White Cement Market and Trade Report (GWCTR)
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▪ Examines the worldwide white cement industry and
presents the latest market data
▪ Covers consumption and production figures, import
and export data as well as pricing trends and white
cement capacity developments
– 5-year projection of global white cement
consumption through 2024
– Worldwide white cement plant production
facilities
▪ Extensive quantitative information on consumption,
usage segments, production, local prices, regional
benchmark trade prices, trading facilities and trade-
flows, by region and major country
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– November 2019
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Highlights: Global White Cement
Market and Trade Report
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The IMF has been continuously downgrading is outlook on global
economic growth since the start of 2019
• Slowdown in the German economy and
impact of Brexit uncertainty
• Economies undergoing strong shocks
such as Argentina and Turkey are
dragging down the emerging market
cluster
• Crippling US sanctions on Iran and
conflicts in Syria and Yemen
• Slowdown of the US economy, impact of
US-China trade war
Source: International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook
• Increasing trade friction and slowdown of
key markets such as China and India
3.0%
1.7%
1.2%
3.9%
0.9%
3.2%
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0%
World
Advanced economies
Euro area
Emerging market anddeveloping economies
Middle East, North Africa,Afghanistan, and Pakistan
Sub-saharan Africa
Jan-19 Apr-19 Jul-19 Oct-19
World Economic Outlook (GDP growth rate %)
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North America is expected to see the most significant addition to its
white cement capacity of the past two decades
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Regional distribution of white cement capacity
25.0
27.0
29.0
31.0
33.0
35.0
37.0
25.0
37.0
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Cementir, Cimsa and LafargeHolcim represent a quarter of the global
white cement capacity
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Top ten white cement companies (2019E)
OtherCementir
Cimsa
LafargeHolcim
Cemex
JK Cement
HeidelbergCement
RAK White Cement
Saudi White CementUltratech Sotacib
Biggest capacity:
• Sinai White Cement plant in Egypt
• Aalborg Portland plant at Denmark
Biggest capacity:
• Cimsa plant in Mersin, Turkey
• Cimsa plant in Buñol, Spain
Biggest capacity:
• Ciment Blanc d'Algerie in Algeria
• Lafarge plant in Le Teil, France
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Globally, white cement production growth has tapered off and
reached a plateau from 2014 to 2019E
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Global white cement production (million tons)
2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019E
North America
Latin America
Africa
E Europe & CIS
Asia ex-China
Middle East
Western Europe
China
2.1%0.1%
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Both FOB and CIF prices in 2019 (as of 2Q) have shown stability
since 2018 reaffirming existing supply and demand patterns
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Global white cement trade overview
France CIF
Price: $115
USA CIF
Price: $130
Spain FOB
Price: $99
Turkey FOB
Price: $83
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Asia Ex-China has an emerged as a growth region alongside W.
Europe and N. America
Global White Cement Consumption (million tons)
2009 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019E
Latin America
E Europe & CIS
Africa
North America
Western Europe
Asia ex-China
Middle East
China
1.6% 0.5%
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Global white cement per capita consumption is stable at an estimated
2.8 kg per person – W. Europe had the highest CAGR at 6%
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Global white cement market: X axis: per capita white cement consumption (kg); Y axis: demand CAGR
‘14-’19 (%); Size of bubble is demand in mn tons
China
Middle East
Asia ex-China
Western Europe
North America
Africa
E Europe & CISLatin America
-8%
-6%
-4%
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
-2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18
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Global demand is expected to recover to a CAGR of 2%, reflecting a
recovery in E. Europe & CIS, and sustained growth in Asia ex-China
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Middle East
Regional consumption for white cement until 2024F (CAGR %)
North America
Eastern Europe & CIS
4.1%
Asia Ex-China
Western Europe
0.7%
China
0%
1.7%
1.1%Latin America
1.2%
1.9%
Africa
2.9%
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Final remarks
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Final Remarks
▪ Despite economic headwinds, global white cement market has
remained remarkably resilient.
▪ Minimal capacity additions for the forecasted period leading to
higher utilization rates
▪ Cementir, Cimsa and LafargeHolcim account for a quarter of the
global white cement capacity
▪ Regardless of the North America expected capacity addition by
US Cement, the region it is expected to remain a net-importer
▪ Global demand is expected to recover to a CAGR of 2%, reflecting
a recovery in E. Europe & CIS, and sustained growth in Asia ex-
China
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Questions?
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Prashant Singh
Associate Director
Carolina Pereira
Business Analyst
Juliana Vieira
Junior Business Analyst
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