About CGC™

Fully interactive cement database and intelligence platform

The main objective of the CGC™ is to provide cement professionals worldwide with up-to-date, accurate and extensive cement-related data, intelligence, and insights.

The CGC™ Database explained

All the information and insights you’ll need in one place

CGC™ Database

Country dashboard

Details on current situation

Number of cement plants
Cement capacity in million tonnes
Clinker capacity in million tonnes
Cement consumption in million tonnes
Cement production in million tonnes
Net cement trading
Cement utilisation rates

Domestic Capacity Utilisation Factor DCUF™
Construction as a percentage of GDP
Consolidation index
Clinker to cement ratio
Bulk cement as a percentage of total consumption
General data (Region, Area, Population, Urbanisation rate, Currency, Economy size, GDP per capita, Official language)

View or download

The user is able to download the dashboard in pdf format.

Test drive our system

CGC™ Database

Market and economic data

Ten years of accurate data in tabular and graphical form for:

Cement consumption in million tonnes
Cement consumption growth rate (%)
Per Capita Consumption in kg
Cement production in million tonnes
Imports in million tonnes
Exports in million tonnes
Cement Utilisation rates

Domestic Capacity Utilisation Factor – DCUF™
Macroeconomic data (Real GDP, Real GDP growth rate, Construction as a percentage of GDP, Inflation rate, Population, Local currency v US$, GDP per capita US$ current)

Compare markets and download data

The user is able to compare up to five markets for each year and each data point. The user is able to download the data in an Excel file.

CGC™ Database

Manufacturing facilities data

Interactive data:

Interactive map with all plant locations and data showing:
- Local company name
- Location
- Type of plant
- Type of product
- Cement capacity
- Ultimate control company

Tabular presentation of:
- Total number of plants by type
- Total cement capacity in million tonnes
- Total number of companies
- Average plant size in million tonnes
Table with all cement plants in the country

Filter interactive map

The user is able to filter the cement plants shown on the map by type of plant and ultimate control company.

Please note that the current version excludes manufacturing facilities in China. See FAQs for details.

An expanding platform

The CGC™ is a continually updated platform with data and insights inputted as soon as they become available. The CGC™ covers the 90 largest markets in the world representing around 95% of global consumption. The CGC™ is an “organic” platform and is capable of being expanded and amended to suit the sector’s needs.

CemBR Forecasts

Forward looking report

The CemBR Forecasts is a once per year report published in Q4 of each year. The report provides extensive data, insights and projections needed by cement professionals to prepare their budgets or plan investment projects.

The CemBR Forecasts report covers six regions with their largest markets. It draws data and insights from the 90 largest cement markets in the world representing over 95% of global cement consumption. The report is divided into three sections: the global outlook, the regional trends, and the country-by-country analysis. The country-by-country analysis examines the sixty largest cement markets in the world.

Five year projections for

GDP projections
Population projections
Demand projections
Supply – demand balance
Excess / deficit capacity
Domestic Capacity Utilisation Factor (DCUF™)
Global and regional summary & forecasts

Insights

Capacity changes (additions – closures)
M&A activity
General market narrative
Global and regional averages of key figures and comparisons