As housing sales fall and developers cut back on new projects, demand for the steel, cement and copper that go into new buildings has weakened.

随着房屋销售的下滑以及开发商纷纷削减新建项目，建筑用钢材、水泥和铜的需求走软。

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The demand, really, is for a celebratory history: how otherwise could it serve as the cement of national identity?

这样的要求实际上是在呼唤一种满是庆祝的历史：否则它如何能成为民族认同感的基石？

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Cement is in little demand during these months.

这几个月内水泥的需要量很小。

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Urbanization will bring a huge demand for housing, demand for steel, demand for cement, demand for roads, job opportunities and the need for culture.

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Cement is massively in demand for post-war rebuilding, but virtually none enters through legal channels.

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However, inventories are starting to come down and new housing starts will follow with a six-month lag, Barclays analysts said, providing some upside risk to demand for cement, steel and copper.

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