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Global cement consumption is projected to expand 2.2 percent per year on average in the period from 2017 to 2022, reaching 4.7 billion tons. Cement demand is picking up in advanced economies, but facing slower growth in developing economies.

The value of the global refractory market is projected to expand at an annual average of 3.4 percent through 2021.

Greenwich (CT), USA,August 17, 2017 – High-sulfur CFR petcoke prices in India West Coast are expected to rise at an average 2.5 percent from August until November 2017.

Greenwich (CT), USA, August 16, 2017 – High-sulfur and low-sulfur petcoke CFR prices have declined in India West Coast, between June and mid-August 2017.

According to CW Research's "Petcoke Market Data", importers have recorded mixed trends in May 2017, production-wise.

Cement market volumes have dropped in the Mediterranean Basin and the Middle East in May 2017. However, the Asia Pacific region recorded a positive trend, according to CW Research's Cement Country Market Data reporting.

Cement ex-works prices rose in selected markets in 1Q2017, according to 2Q2017 Global Cement Trade Price Report (GCTPR) from CW Research.

According to CW Research's Dominican Republic Cement Market Report (2017 update), domestic cement demand shows a projected annual increase of 4.5%, reaching nearly five million tons by 2021.

Between 2017 and 2022, consumption of white cement is projected to increase by an average of three percent per year, according to CW Research's Global White Cement Market and Trade Report (2017 update).

According to CW Research's 2017 Italy Cement Market Report update, both cement production and consumption decreased in 2016.