Accelerating cement consumption

摘要

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) expects the US to consume some 80 million tonnes of cement this year, a +4.5% increase on 2012. Its forecast for next year is a further +8.1% increase to 86 million tonnes. However, it cautioned that the domestic construction market could be hampered by continued political deadlock, which would have a knock-on effect to consumer confidence.