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Lime: United States

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Industry Overview
Market Size and Trends | Product Segmentation | Market Segmentation | Pricing Trends
Environmental and Regulatory Factors | Trade

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Demand Forecasts
Market Environment | Product Forecasts | Market Forecasts

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Companies Cited
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Lime: United States

ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope & Method

This report forecasts US lime demand and production in metric tons to 2017. Total
demand is segmented by product in terms of:

quicklime
hydrated lime
refractory lime.

Total demand is also segmented by market as follows:

metallurgical
environmental
chemical and industrial
construction
refractory.

The term lime comprises manufactured lime forms and excludes limestone, which is
used as feedstock. Regenerated lime, produced as a byproduct at paper mills, carbide
plants, and water treatment facilities, is also excluded from the scope of this report.
To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in an annual series from 2002 to
2012; total production and the various demand segments are reported at five-year
intervals for 2007 and 2012. Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of
pertinent statistical relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their
expected progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between
reported years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year
compound annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are
generally stated in smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as
demand is projected to rise 3.2% annually through 2017. The result of any particular
year over that period, however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, longterm trend, as historical data typically illustrate.
Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided at five-year intervals with CAGRs for
the years corresponding to other reported figures. Other various topics, including
profiles of pertinent leading suppliers, are covered in this report. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
Lime: United States represents the synthesis and analysis of data from various primary,
secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

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firms participating in the industry, and their suppliers and customers

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated August 2013 and
various indicators
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

327410

3274

Lime Manufacturing

Lime

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Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Lime: United States

Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Industry Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 2
Market Size & Trends .............................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | United States: Lime Demand Trends, 2002-2012 ............................................................... 2
Product Segmentation ............................................................................................................................. 3
Chart 2 | United States: Lime Demand by Product, 2012 .................................................................. 3
Quicklime. ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Hydrated Lime. ................................................................................................................................... 4
Refractory Lime. ................................................................................................................................. 5
Market Segmentation ............................................................................................................................... 6
Chart 3 | United States: Lime Demand by Market, 2012 .................................................................... 6
Metallurgical. ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Environmental. .................................................................................................................................... 7
Chemical & Industrial. ......................................................................................................................... 8
Construction. ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Refractory. ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Pricing Trends ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Chart 4 | United States: Lime Pricing Trends, 2002-2012 ................................................................ 11
Environmental & Regulatory Factors ..................................................................................................... 12
Trade ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Chart 5 | United States: Lime Trade (thousand metric tons) ............................................................ 13
Demand Forecasts ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Market Environment ............................................................................................................................... 14
Table 1 | United States: Key Indicators for Lime Supply & Demand (billion 2005 dollars) .............. 14
Product Forecasts .................................................................................................................................. 15
Table 2 | United States: Lime Demand by Product (thousand metric tons) ..................................... 15
Quicklime. ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Hydrated Lime. ................................................................................................................................. 16
Refractory Lime. ............................................................................................................................... 16
Market Forecasts ................................................................................................................................... 17
Table 3 | United States: Lime Demand by Market (thousand metric tons) ....................................... 17
Metallurgical. ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Environmental. .................................................................................................................................. 17
Chemical & Industrial. ....................................................................................................................... 18
Construction. ..................................................................................................................................... 18
Refractory. ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 20
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 21
Carmeuse Group SA ........................................................................................................................ 21
Lhoist SA .......................................................................................................................................... 22
Graymont Limited ............................................................................................................................. 23
Additional Companies Cited................................................................................................................... 24
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 25
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