The inventories of cement and clinker in Saudi Arabia increased since the start of 2016. Clinker stocks were up 2.4 per cent from 27Mt from 27Mt in October to 27.66Mt in November. Cement inventories slipped one per cent from 1.43Mt in October to 1.13Mt in November.

The highest inventory was held by Saudi Cement company who held 218,000t in November 2016, from 199,000t in November 2016. Clinker stocks rose from 3.9Mt to 4.6Mt over the same period.

Yamama Cement came in second, reporting inventories of 107,000t of cement and 4.2Mt of clinker in November, compared to 84,000t and 3.44Mt, respectively in November 2015.