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Could cement be entering a ‘golden age’?

07 February 2025

With cement markets forecast to show limited growth, could the greater adoption of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) provide an improved outlook for the cement industry? McKinsey & Co looks at the state of the industry and offers a vision for the year ahead and beyond. by Fabian Apel, Fabian Metzeler, Jose Luis Blanco and Patrick Schulze, with Shailesh Lekhwani and Thomas Czigler, McKinsey & Co, USA

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TOPICS IN THIS ARTICLE
  • Supplementary cementitious materials
  • SCMs
  • decarbonisation

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