Technology Roadmap Low-Carbon Transition in the Cement Industry

Figure 4: Cement production by region
Note: See Annex for regional definitions.
Sources: Base year cement production data from van Oss, H. G. (2016), 
2014 Minerals Yearbook: Cement
, United States Geological 
Survey data release, 
https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/cement/myb1-2014-cemen.pdf
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0
1 000
2 000
3 000
4 000
5 000
6 000
2014
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
M
t
ce
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Africa
Middle East
Eurasia
Europe
America
Other Asia Pacific
India
China
World high-variability case
World low-variability case
KEY MESSAGE: Strong growth in cement production growth in Asian countries compensates for the decline 
in Chinese cement sector activity, but the region still loses 10% of its global production share by 2050.
Table 2: Key indicators for the global cement industry in the RTS and the 
roadmap vision (2DS)
RTS 
Low-variability case
Roadmap vision (2DS) 
Low-variability case
2014
2030
2040
2050
2030
2040
2050
Cement production (Mt/yr)
4 171
4 250
4 429
4 682
4 250
4 429
4 682
Clinker to cement ratio
0.65
0.66
0.67
0.66
0.64
0.63
0.60
Thermal energy intensity of clinker 
(GJ/t clinker)
3.5
3.4
3.3
3.2
3.3
3.2
3.1
Electricity intensity of cement
(kWh/t cement)
91
89
86
82
87
83
79

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3. The vision