|
|
Home > Manufacturing > Fabrication > Building/Construction
Cement, Concrete and Construction Material
|
| Published Date:
November 2008
Published By:
First Research, Inc.
Page Count:
10
Order Code:
R3470-2000
|
|
|
|
The US mineral construction materials industry makes bulk construction products with combined annual revenue of about $75 billion, of which 60 percent is due to cement and concrete products. Foreign companies own a majority of US cement capacity, including Holcim (Switzerland); Cemex (Mexico); Buzzi Unicem (Italy); and Lafarge (France). The industry includes about 120 cement manufacturers, hundreds of local sand and gravel quarries, and thousands of ready-mix concrete operators. About 130 companies operate brick plants, 500 produce asphalt, 200 make gypsum products, and about 1,000 make concrete blocks and pipes.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Because cement is a commodity product, manufacturers compete chiefly based on price. Production economies of scale are important, but are limited by the cost of transporting the finished product. The efficiencies that can be achieved with new energy-efficient (but capital-intensive) "dry" production technology are a major source of competition. Small manufacturers may not have the financial resources or production volume to justify investing in the most efficient technology, putting them at a competitive cost disadvantage. Cement imports from Canada are an important competitor in northern states.
PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY
Cement and other mineral construction materials are used mainly to construct buildings, roads, bridges, sewers, and other types of infrastructure. Because of the limited processing required to produce these materials, most companies that mine the raw material also make and distribute the finished product. Raw materials, like sand, gravel, shale, gypsum, ...
|
Similar Products
• Landscape Services Market in the U.S.
Published Jan 2009 by SBI
• Pindi Products, Inc. Product Pipeline Analysis
Published Jan 2009 by Global Markets Direct
• Uganda Infrastructure Report Q4 2008
Published Dec 2008 by Business Monitor International
• Kazakhstan Infrastructure Report Q4 2008
Published Dec 2008 by Business Monitor International
• Ecuador Infrastructure Report Q4 2008
Published Dec 2008 by Business Monitor International
• Interior Design Services
Published Dec 2008 by First Research, Inc.
• Engineering and Construction Report
Published Dec 2008 by Wall Street Transcript
• Commercial and Industrial Equipment Rental
Published Dec 2008 by First Research, Inc.
• Malaysia Infrastructure Report Q4 2008
Published Dec 2008 by Business Monitor International
• Brazil Infrastructure Report Q4 2008
Published Dec 2008 by Business Monitor International
|
|
|
|
0 items
