In issue 8 of the CemWeek Magazine, we turn to facts as a guide, sharing in this issue some of the metrics we track as analysts at the CW Group, such as our Equipment Vendor Order Intake and Backlog indices and cement price monitoring. We mark the one-year anniversary of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, looking into the aftermath of these natural disasters on the local cement industry. In our Leader’s Comment feature, CemWeek speaks with Chairman of the Executive Committee at Çimentas, Mustafa Güclü, on Turkey’s pioneering cement industry, and the Director of Mombasa Cement, BT Shah, discusses the company’s marketing strategy for East Africa. Finally, from the research arm of the CW Group comes an update on global cement prices, based on national retail price tracking for 23 countries around the world among much more.