Russia’s Portland cement output totals 27.3mn tonnes in 2013

Production of cement and clinker at BaselCement's plants in Russia grew 15% in 2013 as compared to 2012, to almost 1.5 million tonnes. Production of crushed stone grew 27% to 420,000m3 while production of mineral powder went up 7% to 230,000tonnes.

BaselCement's revenue grew 11% and over RUB 665 million (€14.02 million) was invested by the group in its plants' development.

In 2014, BaselCement intends to run a number of investment projects and enhance performance with plans to expand further into the

The State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) reports 66.3 million tonnes of cement produced in 2013, which is 7.7% more than in 2012 and 17.9% more than in 2011.

The growth was spurred by the launch of new production plants with an overall production capacity of 7.3 million tonnes. For instance, BaselCement launched Serebryanskiy Cement Plant (1.8 million tonnes/year) in the Ryazan region (Central); Eurocement Group launched a cement plant (3 million tronnes/year) in the Voronezh region (Central), an

The State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) reports 28.418 millon m³ of ready-mix concrete produced in the country in 2013, which is 5.8% more than in 2012 and 14.8% more than in 2011.

The growth was spurred by the growing number of construction projects and the boost in cement production. The biggest growth of RMC production was reported in the Urals Federal District of Russia (27.9% up).

French cement producer Ciments Français has posted turnover of €899 million for Q3 2013, down 1.5% year-on-year. At a constant exchange rate, turnover rose by 3.7%. Over a nine-month period, aggregate sales fell 1.6% to 23.1 million tonnes, while ready-mixed concrete sales rose 3.5% to 7.1 million m³, and cement and clinker sales declined by 3.4% to 28.6 million tonnes due to a fall in Egyptian activity. Since the start of 2013, Ciments Français registered consolidated turnover of €2.73 billion, down 3.4% y

China's cement output in 2013 rose by 9.57% year-on-year to 2.41 billion tonnes, up from 2.18 billion tonnes in 2012.

Only Shanghai, Liaoning and Hebei reported negative growth with Shanghai down by 5.65%.

The cement sector posted a total profit of CNY 76.60 billion (€9.15 billion/US$12.57 billion) in 2013, up 16.4% from CNY 65.7 billion in 2012 but still down from CNY 102 billion in 2011.

According to a study of Informa D&B the sales of Portuguese cement in foreign markets surpassed the €133 million in 2013 and Algeria is the main exporting market.

Following the crisis that is affecting the Portuguese construction sector many cement companies have been relying on foreign markets to consolidate their business performance.

The exports of cement in 2013 rose by 30% compared to the previous year. The imports in turn fell to €18 million and compares to €16 million recorded in 2012 and €21 m