
China- Cement production in metric tons
2001 661,040
2002 725,000
2003 862,080
2004 970,000
2005 1,038,300
USA - Cement production in metric tons
United States, including Puerto Rico
2001 90,450
2002 91,266
2003 94,329
2004 99,015
2005 100,903
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That link is the most comprehensive information I could find about the crash.
and claimed this is a picture of the plane that crashed. I think I have been on that type of plane on the way home form every vacation I was ever on. Either from Detroit or from NYC. I think I will really have a hard time ever going on a plane again.
A nation with a third of the worlds population has gone from the middle ages to the present day in a span of 50 years. They now have electricity, and that means dams, and that means cement. They are undergoing incredibly rapid urbanization. That means housing, streets, and infrastructure, and that means cement. It is such a fascinating country.