Table of Contents

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

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

The economy and the construction sector.............. 6

Economy.............................................................................. 6

Figure: Economy and population..................................... 7

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

Figure: Construction sector and the economy................ 8

Table: Construction sector importance and growth....... 9

Cement market............................................................. 11

Figure: Principal existing Plants................................... 12

Competitive dynamics........................................................ 12

Incumbent operations......................................................... 13

Forrest International...................................................... 13

Cimenterie de Lukala (CILA)....................................... 14

Interlacs...................................................................... 14

Cemenkat.................................................................... 14

Figure: Cement plant locations..................................... 15

Cimenterie Nationale (CINAT)...................................... 16

Market shares................................................................ 17

Figure: Share of nameplate capacity............................ 17

Figure: market share..................................................... 18

Figure: Import share...................................................... 19

Distribution channel...................................................... 20

Figure: Distribution form............................................... 20

Expansion and greenfield projects.................................... 21

Figure: Major upgrades and new plants........................ 21

New capacity.................................................................. 23

Figure: Nameplate cement production capacity (2005-2015E). 23

Figure: Cement production capacity (2005-2015E)...... 24

Demand and supply..................................................... 25

Cement demand................................................................. 25

Figure: 2005-2011E cement demand............................ 25

Cement supply................................................................... 26

Figure: 2005-2010E annual cement production............ 26

Figure: 2006-2010 monthly cement production............ 27

Figure: Capacity utilization (2006-2010E).................... 28

Import and export activities................................................ 29

Figure: Cement imports and exports............................ 29

Figure: Cement imports: product types and evolution.. 30

Figure: Cement import countries.................................. 31

Cement prices............................................................... 32

Figure: 2006-2010 indicative cement prices................ 32

Outlook............................................................................ 34

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

Figure: Growth in apparent cement demand (2006-2015).35

Next steps...................................................................... 37

Data tables..................................................................... 38

Supply-demand balance (2005 – 2010E, mm tons)........... 38

Production capacity market share (2005-2014E, %)......... 39

Imports by cement type (2005 – 2010E, tons)................... 40

Cement import countries (2005 – 2010E, tons).................. 41

Table: Cement plant capacities (2005 – 2015E, mm tons). 42

Disclaimers.................................................................... 43

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