The cement and concrete industry in South Africa is facing multiple challenges

South Africa's cement and concrete industry is facing multiple challenges, including economic recession, cheap imports, rising input costs, construction sabotage and a construction crisis caused by a lack of major projects,

according to a recent report on the South African Money Bag website. The

South African government's massive infrastructure spending planned to kick-start economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic has largely failed to materialize, putting at risk an estimated 35,000 local jobs and billions of investments in the cement industry's value chain.

Industry insiders said that South Africa's local cement production capacity is about 20 million tons, but the industry currently produces only 12 million tons, while South Africa imports more than 1 million tons of cement annually, equivalent to the output of the entire cement plant. Affected

by the global pandemic and the slowdown of infrastructure construction in South Africa, South Africa needs to take more measures to ensure the sustainability of the industry.