Uploaded on 2016-09-24 by Revathi Vipinachandran
UAE is a big exporter of the material cement which has been used for the construction of buildings seen in the picture In 2012, 6.3 million tonnes of cement was exported out of the UAE, and 4.3 million tonnes of clinker(the raw material that comprises 90 per cent of the final cement product). In 2013, this had increased to 7.16 and 5.7 million tonnes respectively. That said, cement export will reach its full capacity within the next few years. Easy-to-export countries include those in the Gulf and East Africa. The majority of cement the UAE supplies to demand markets such as Oman and Kuwait travels by road. The main markets for clinker are countries such as Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, Yemen, Egypt, Iraq,Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.