There goes our cement. We should double the price of our cement and stop buying their products. A perfect time to set them back 100 years in their quest of becoming a world power.
Cement is only one component of concrete. Concrete, in general, is relatively inexpensive; that’s why it is used in so much of the world’s construction. It’s the price of deformed (the ones you may have seen with the little ridges) steel reinforcing bar that has really been going up. Epoxy-coated re-bar, which is longer-lasting, is even more so.
Please keep in mind cement can be used as a finish material but it is reinforced concrete that has significant structural tensile and compressive strength.
During the civil war they called you a carpetbagger. Who would think that someone would be so unashamed as to publicly announce it.