803 Integrated Cement Plants in China 2020
The cement industry in China is the largest in the world, producing 2462 Mt in 2014,
An annual increase of 2.6%.
China roughly yields 60% of global production of cement.
In 2017 China produced 2,400,000 metric tons of cement where as other countries produce cement about 1,728,300 metric tons of cement.
The top 20 cement producers in China and Taiwan operate 270 integrated cement plants with a combined production capacity of 861.48 Metric tons/yr. Discounting Taiwan, the top 20 producers have 265 cement plants and 845.1Mt/yr of production capacity. All of the companies are Chinese, with the exception of minority shareholders and Taiwan Cement.
The top 20 cement producers in China (below Table) and Taiwan account for 56.9% of cement production capacity and 33% of cement plants. The disparity in percentages suggests that the top producers operate fewer plants with greater production capacities, in line with China’s trend for consolidation. The remaining 43.1% of cement capacity in China and Taiwan is owned by hundreds of small cement companies, some with capacities as low as 50,000t/yr.