The historically fragmented cement industry is now down to four: Blue Circle Southern Cement, Cement Australia, Adelaide Brighton and BGC Cement, It's a change that Cement Industry Federation chief executive Robyn Bain believes has actually made the industry more competitive on both domestic and international platforms. "The companies base their whole operations on import parity pricing, so they know they have to be competitive internationally," Bain said. "Mergers have allowed for the plants to be upgraded for the best technology and have provided companies the size necessary to maintain a competitive edge. "But most countries build cement plants for the domestic market; it's a low value bulk commodity [Australia] would not really want to ship all around the world. Once you add in large transportation costs, you'd have to really consider why you would want to export.
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机译：历史上零散的水泥行业现在已减少到四个：Blue Circle Southern Cement，澳大利亚水泥，阿德莱德·布莱顿和BGC Cement。水泥工业联合会首席执行官罗宾·贝恩（Robyn Bain）认为，这一变化实际上使该行业在国内外平台上更具竞争力。贝恩说：“两家公司的全部业务均基于进口平价定价，因此他们知道自己必须在国际上具有竞争力。” “合并后，工厂可以升级以获得最佳技术，并为公司提供了维持竞争优势所需的规模。”但是，大多数国家都在为国内市场建造水泥厂。这是一种低价值的散装商品[澳大利亚]真的不希望在世界各地运送。一旦增加了大笔运输费用，您就必须真正考虑为什么要出口。
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