Editing Cement (section)

===China===
{{main|Cement industry in China}}
"For the past 18 years, China consistently has produced more cement than any other country in the world. [...] (However,) China's cement export peaked in 1994 with 11 million tonnes shipped out and has been in steady decline ever since. Only 5.18 million tonnes were exported out of China in 2002. Offered at $34 a ton, Chinese cement is pricing itself out of the market as Thailand is asking as little as $20 for the same quality."<ref>Yan, Li Yong (7 January 2004) [https://web.archive.org/web/20040108214033/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FA07Ad02.html China's way forward paved in cement], ''Asia Times''</ref>

In 2006, it was estimated that China manufactured 1.235 billion tonnes of cement, which was 44% of the world total cement production.<ref name="NEAA070619b">{{cite web|url=http://www.mnp.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/moreinfo/Chinanowno1inCO2emissionsUSAinsecondposition.html|title=China now no. 1 in {{chem|CO|}} emissions; USA in second position: more info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703030047/http://www.mnp.nl/en/dossiers/Climatechange/moreinfo/Chinanowno1inCO2emissionsUSAinsecondposition.html|archive-date=3 July 2007|publisher=[[Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency|NEAA]]|date=19 June 2007}}</ref> "Demand for cement in China is expected to advance 5.4% annually and exceed 1 billion tonnes in 2008, driven by slowing but healthy growth in construction expenditures. Cement consumed in China will amount to 44% of global demand, and China will remain the world's largest national consumer of cement by a large margin."<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427075804/http://cementamericas.com/mag/cement_chinas_cement_demand/|url=http://cementamericas.com/mag/cement_chinas_cement_demand/|title=China's cement demand to top 1 billion tonnes in 2008|work=CementAmericas|date=November 2004|archive-date=27 April 2009 }}</ref>

In 2010, 3.3 billion tonnes of cement was consumed globally. Of this, China accounted for 1.8 billion tonnes.<ref name=worldcoal>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-cement/|title=Uses of Coal and Cement|publisher=World Coal Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808003702/http://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-of-coal/coal-cement/|archive-date=8 August 2011}}</ref>