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Construction Materials in South America industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the South America construction materials market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

* The construction materials market consists of cement, aggregates, and bricks. The cement segment includes hydraulic cement (e.g. Portland cement), but excludes solid concrete. The aggregates segment includes sand, gravel, crushed rock, recycled concrete, and other aggregates used in construction, but excludes industrial sand (used

in glass making etc.) and similar materials. The bricks segment includes building blocks and pipes made from fired clay or concrete. Other finished or semi-finished building materials and components are classified in the building products market.
* The South American construction materials market had total revenues of $40.7 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -3.3% between 2007 and 2011.
* The sand, gravel, other aggregates segment was the market's most lucrative in 2011, with total revenues of $24.4 billion, equivalent to 60.1% of the market's overall value
* The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 5.6% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $53.4 billion by the end of 2016.


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Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the construction materials market in South America

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the construction materials market in South America

Leading company profiles reveal details of key construction materials market players' global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the South America construction materials market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the South America economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the South America construction materials market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the South America construction materials market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the South America construction materials market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

Partial Table of Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
Market value
Market value forecast
Category segmentation
Geography segmentation
Market rivalry
Market Overview
Market definition
Market analysis
Market Data
Market value
Market Segmentation
Category segmentation
Geography segmentation
Market Outlook
Market value forecast
Five Forces Analysis
Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Threat of substitutes
Degree of rivalry
Leading Companies
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.
Votorantim Group
Holcim Ltd.
Lafarge S.A.
Appendix
Methodology
Industry associations
Related MarketLine research

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South America construction materials market value: $ million, 2007-11
Table 2: South America construction materials market category segmentation: $ million, 2011
Table 3: South America construction materials market geography segmentation: $ million, 2011
Table 4: South America construction materials market value forecast: $ million, 2011-16
Table 5: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.: key facts
Table 6: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.: key financials ($)
Table 7: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.: key financials (MXN)
Table 8: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.: key financial ratios
Table 9: Votorantim Group: key facts
Table 10: Votorantim Group: key financials ($)
Table 11: Votorantim Group: key financials (BRL)
Table 12: Votorantim Group: key financial ratios
Table 13: Holcim Ltd.: key facts
Table 14: Holcim Ltd.: key financials ($)
Table 15: Holcim Ltd.: key financials (CHF)
Table 16: Holcim Ltd.: key financial ratios
Table 17: Lafarge S.A.: key facts
Table 18: Lafarge S.A.: key financials ($)
Table 19: Lafarge S.A.: key financials (EUR)
Table 20: Lafarge S.A.: key financial ratios

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: South America construction materials market value: $ million, 2007-11
Figure 2: South America construction materials market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2011
Figure 3: South America construction materials market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2011
Figure 4: South America construction materials market value forecast: $ million, 2011-16
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the construction materials market in South America, 2011

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