Worldwide English Keywords Find COMPANY SUSTAINABILITY DIGITAL INVESTOR RELATIONS MEDIA CAREER | BLOG Home Company Group Areas + Countries Group Services/Trade Group Services/Trade Website HCT The Group Services business unit mainly comprises the ­activities of the HC Trading Group (HCT) – one of the largest trading companies worldwide, particularly for cement, ­clinker, and secondary cementitious materials, but also for solid and alternative fuels as well as other building materials and additives. Its locations are strategically distributed around the globe, including in Istanbul, Shanghai, Dubai, Malta, and Heidelberg. HCT’s mission is the international purchasing, transport, and sale of bulk goods for the HeidelbergCement Group via sea routes. HCT optimises the utilisation of our cement plants worldwide by balancing supply and demand for cement and clinker. Production surplus is sold to third parties on the global market. In addition, HCT is responsible for the supply of fuels and other building materials. In the reporting year, HCT’s trade volume fell by 23.8% to 23.2 million tonnes (previous year: 30.4), primarily due to the decision to significantly reduce fuel trading with third-party customers. By contrast, the trade in cement, clinker, and secondary cementitious materials, which encompasses HCT’s core business, rose by almost 6%. In the reporting year, HCT supplied customers in around 80 importing countries with more than 1,200 shipments from over 40 exporting countries. The majority of the deliveries went to Africa and Asia as well as North America. Among the key export countries were Turkey, Vietnam, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. Products and Services Cement Aggregates Ready-Mixed Concrete Asphalt Group Services/Trade Research + Technology Reference Projects Growth in Metropolitan Areas How Cement Is Made Group Areas and Countries Western and Southern Europe Northern and Eastern Europe-Central Asia North America Asia-Pacific Africa-Eastern Mediterranean Basin Group Services/Trade HOME COMPANY SUSTAINABILITY INVESTOR RELATIONS MEDIA CAREER BLOG SOCIAL MEDIA LINKEDIN TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE XING CONTACT & NEWSLETTER CONTACT US HOW TO GET TO OUR HEADQUARTERS NEWSLETTER SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER NEWS RSS FEED © HEIDELBERGCEMENT AG IMPRINT LEGAL DISCLAIMER DATA PROTECTION COOKIES COMPLIANCE REPORTING SYSTEM SOCIAL PRIVACY STATEMENT