World Lime Market to Reach 79.1 Billion Tonnes in 2016

LAHTI, Finland, August 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Global demand for lime is forecast to reach 79.1 billion tonnes in 2016. The market has been expanding strongly as average annual growth was nearly 20% between 2005 and 2011. However, the market expansion is expected to slow to 6% in the coming years. Currently, the industry is dominated by quicklime which covers nearly 78% of the demand while slaked lime has 19% and hydraulic lime only 3% share of the market.

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- Overall market value for lime
- Overall market volume for lime
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- Product prices
- Forecasts and future outlook for the market
- Country overview, macroeconomic indicators and indicators for doing business

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- What is the size of the lime market in different countries?
- How is the market divided into different types of product? Which products are growing fast?
- How has the market been developing? How does the future look?
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- How do the indicators for doing business look? For example, how easily are contracts being enforced? What is the inflation rate and how is it developing?

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