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High hopes for cheap coal in Egypt's cement industry
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Report summary
As Egypt's cement industry suffers from gas supply cuts and from rising gas prices (jumped from US$ 3/mmbtu in 2011 to US$ 8/mmbtu in 2014), the sector considers switching to imported coal to meet future energy needs. We forecast that the share of coal reaches 60% in the cement sector's fuel mix by 2020, while the share of gas falls from 75% in 2010 to 10% in 2020. In 2030, the industrial sector consumes about 17% less gas due to the fuel switching in the cement industry.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Cement industry suffers from higher gas prices
- and from lower gas supplies
- Coal enters the cement industry fuel mix
- Gas to coal switching starts in 2014
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Chart 1: Gas prices paid by industrial sectorsChart 2: Egypt's tightening gas market balanceChart 3: Capacity utilisation in Egypt's cement industry
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Chart 4: Gas-equivalent prices for thermal coalChart 5: Gas-equivalent prices for coking coalChart 6: Fuel mix in the industrial sectorChart 7: Industrial gas demand by sector
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