World demand for cement and concrete
additives is projected to increase 8.3 per
cent annually to $15.8 billion in 2015, a
significant improvement over the performance
of the 2005-2010 period. During that timeframe,
sluggishness or outright declines in
many of the larger, more additive-intensive
markets - chiefly the US, but also Italy, Japan,
Spain and the UK - partially offset stellar gains
in Brazil, China, India and numerous smaller
markets. These and other trends are presented
in World Cement & Concrete Additives, a new
study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a USbased
industry market research firm.
Going forward, global market gains for cement
and concrete additives will be bolstered by recovery
in the US construction market. Advances in
Western Europe and Japan, while below the global
average, will be significant in boosting overall
demand, as they consume much higher volumes
of additives per ton of cement than many of the
largest cement markets in the world, such as
China, India, Brazil, Vietnam and Egypt.
In developing markets, growth will be boosted
by sustained levels of construction activity,
increased cement consumption and the growing
use of additives to shorten construction times,
save on labour costs and draw concrete construction
practices closer into line with the standards in
more developed markets (e.g. East European
countries striving to meet EU standards).
In India, demand will be boosted by greater use
of cement in large infrastructure projects, incentives
to utilise industrial waste products as mineral
additives and efforts to improve the performance
characteristics of concrete products. In
China, already the world's largest market for additives,
increasing demand for higher-grade water
reducers (superplasticizers) and other speciality
products will bolster overall value gains.
The use of mineral additives in concrete formulations
is expanding due to efforts to reduce
overall cement consumption and to take advantage
of performance attributes offered by industrial
waste products such as fly ash and blast
furnace slag. Chemical additive demand
growth will be led by water reducers. The fibre
segment is expected to register the fastest
growth through the forecast period, due to
rebounding demand in several key markets and
increasing use of fibre additives in markets in
which their use has been less common.
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WORLD CEMENT & CONCRETE ADDITIVES DEMAND
(million dollars) |
% Annual Growth |
| Item |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2005-10 |
2010-15 |
| Cement & Concrete Additive Demand |
8,565 |
10,600 |
15,800 |
4.4 |
8.3 |
| North America |
2,570 |
2,130 |
3,605 |
-3.7 |
11.1 |
| Western Europe |
2,342 |
2,550 |
3,430 |
1.7 |
6.1 |
| Asia/Pacific |
2,727 |
4,385 |
6,445 |
10.0 |
8.0 |
| Central & South America |
124 |
223 |
330 |
12.5 |
8.2 |
| Eastern Europe |
400 |
592 |
845 |
8.2 |
7.4 |
| Africa/Mideast |
402 |
720 |
1,145 |
12.4 |
9.7 |
| Source: 2012 The Freedonia Group, Inc. |