Cement industry of the post-Soviet countries today: an insider’s view

More than 20 years ago the magazine "Cement and its Applications" for the first time published a thematic compilation of materials provided by cement manufacturers about the activities and plans of companies in the industry. Such publications have become regular, with the previous one dating back to 2022. The challenges faced by cement companies and the ways of addressing them have remained fundamentally the same, but much has been changing in recent years. In order to save money and resources and achieve great results, it is not enough to do things the way we used to. Often companies have to reconfigure the logistics of production upgrades, repairs, spare parts supply, and cement marketing logistics. Digital technologies become indispensable in production sector as a guarantee of stability of technological processes and quality of the end product, and in sales sector - as an important component of work with customers. Environmental regulations are becoming stricter and the reduction of CO2 emissions is on the agenda. One of the consequences of this is that companies are intensively developing the production of new types of cement with mineral additives and increasing the use of alternative fuels. At the same time, the need of the construction sector for an indispensable material, which is reflected in programs for the construction of residential and infrastructure facilities, remains the most important thing. The Strategy for Development of the Construction Industry and Housing and Public Utilities Sector of the Russian Federation for the period through 2030 and the forecast till 2035 approved by the RF Government in October 2022 envisages an increase in the housing commissioning rates in the country: the target figure for 2021-2030 being over 1 billion m2 (from 2011 till 2021, 859.9 million m2 were commissioned). The document sets the objective of ensuring stable, long-term demand for housing, including through the development of mortgage lending. New opportunities have been opened by the launch of the preferential industrial mortgage program. A comprehensive plan for the modernization and expansion of highway infrastructure for the period up to 2024, the national project "Safe and Quality Roads" and others are being under way. The comprehensive state program "Construction" of the Russian Federation envisages, in particular, an increase by 2027 in the commissioning of capital construction projects included (to be included) in the federal targeted investment program by no less than 1.5 times as compared with the same indicator of 2022. The list of the RF President's instructions, formed in August 2022, obliges the RF Government to provide additional funding for programs and activities in the construction sphere. The need to ensure the proper quality of construction materials and the appropriate control of their characteristics is especially emphasized in the key documents, which set the vectors of the construction development.  The support measures for the construction industry taken by the President and the RF Government are also aimed at ensuring the development of cement and other building materials production. This is one of the important factors that allow the cement industry to look into the future with confidence.

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