Table of Contents

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

Executive summary.... 5

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

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

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

Construction sector.......... 9

Figure: Construction sector and the economy............................... 9

Table: Construction sector importance and growth.................... 10

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

North Sudan.................... 11

Figure: Cement plant locations.................................................... 12

South Sudan................... 12

Incumbent operations...... 13

Atbara Cement Company............................................................. 13

Figure: Principal existing Plants.................................................. 14

Nile Cement Factory... 15

ASEC Cement............. 15

Al Salam Cement Production....................................................... 16

Berber Cement Company............................................................. 16

Northern Region Cement.............................................................. 17

Competitive dynamics..... 17

Figure: Share of nameplate capacity........................................... 18

Government................ 19

Figure: Import share... 20

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

Figure: Notable new plants (unconfirmed).................................. 22

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

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

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

Demand and supply.. 26

Cement demand.............. 26

Figure: 2005-2011E cement demand........................................... 26

Figure: 2005-2010E annual cement production........................... 27

Cement supply................ 27

Utilization.................... 28

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: 2008-2010 indicative cement prices............................... 32

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

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

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

Figure: Capacity utilization (2006-2015)..................................... 36

Next steps................... 38

Data tables.................. 39

Supply-demand balance (2005 – 2010E, mm tons).......................... 39

Production capacity market share (2005-2015E, %)........................ 40

Imports by cement type (2005 – 2010E, tons).................................. 41

Cement import countries (2005 – 2010E, tons)................................. 42

Table: Cement plant capacities (2005 – 2015E, mm tons)................ 43

Disclaimers................. 44

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