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David Chereb and Colin Sutherland, SC Market Analytics,
present
an outlook for cement in the US.
O
ver time, cement market growth
depends on GDP, demographics,
technology, policies, and shifting
demographic patterns. During
the past 30 years all these factors have
changed in ways both positive and negative
for US cement consumption. This analysis
includes an outlook for the next five years; just
enough time for any of these factors to exert a
strong impact on how fast demand grows.
One of these inputs, population change,
is shown in Figure 2. After years of growth