Table of Contents

Introduction...........................................................................4

Executive summary............................................................5

Main updates in the 2012 report......................................6

The economy and the construction sector...................7

Economy...................................................................................7

Figure: Economy and population..........................................8

Construction sector..................................................................8

Figure: Construction sector and the economy...................10

Table: Construction sector importance and growth..........11

Cement market..................................................................12

Competitive dynamics.............................................................13

Figure: Share of nameplate capacity.................................13

Government role.....................................................................14

Figure: market share..........................................................15

Figure: Principal existing Plants........................................16

Incumbent operations..............................................................16

Lafarge / Cimenterie du Cameroun (Cimencam)...............16

Figure: Cement plant locations..........................................17

Expansion and greenfield projects.........................................18

Figure: Major upgrades and new plants.............................18

Dangote Cement.................................................................18

CATIC.................................................................................18

Entreprise Générale Bâtiment Travaux Publics (EGBTP). 19

AFKO Cement Production Company..................................19

New capacity.......................................................................19

Figure: Nameplate cement production capacity (2005-2015E). 20

Figure: Cement production capacity (2005-2015E)...........21

Demand and supply..........................................................22

Cement demand......................................................................22

Figure: 2005-2011E cement demand.................................22

Figure: 2005-2010E annual cement production.................23

Cement supply........................................................................24

Figure: Capacity utilization (2006-2010E).........................24

Import and export activities.....................................................25

Figure: Cement imports and exports.................................25

Imports................................................................................26

Figure: Cement imports: product types and evolution.......26

Figure: Cement import countries.......................................27

Figure: Import share...........................................................28

Exports................................................................................29

Figure: Cement exports: product types and evolution.......29

Figure: Cement export countries.......................................30

Cement prices....................................................................31

Figure: 2006-2010 indicative cement prices.....................31

Outlook.................................................................................33

Figure: Apparent cement demand projection (2005-2015).. 34

Figure: Growth in apparent cement demand (2006-2015).34

Next steps...........................................................................35

Data tables..........................................................................36

Supply-demand balance (2005 – 2010E, mm tons)................36

Production capacity market share (2009-2015E, %)..............37

Imports by cement type (2005 – 2010E, tons)........................38

Exports by cement type (2005 – 2010E, tons).......................39

Table: Cement plant capacities (2005 – 2015E, mm tons)......40

Disclaimers.........................................................................41

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