Russia produces 66.3mn tons of cement in 2013

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

February 11, 2014 Read time: 1 min

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, 4565 Baselcement launched Serebryanskiy Cement Plant (1.8 million tonnes/year) in the Ryazan region (Central); 3704 Eurocement Group launched a cement plant (3 million tronnes/year) in the Voronezh region (Central), and the South Urals Mining and Processing Company launched a new line (1.2 million tonnes/year) at its plant in the Orenburg region (Volga).

The Central Federal District of Russia boasted the largest amount of cement produced (over 25% of the country's produce) and saw a growth in production capacities by 16.2% in 2013.

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Russia’s ready-mix concrete producion grows 5.8% in 2013

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).

February 4, 2014

Russia: BaselCement boosts production and revenue 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

September 19, 2014

Hengyuan Group’s Russian cement plant will have 2.5 million tonnes/year capacity

The capacity of a cement plant to be built by Chinese company Hengyuan Group in the Orel region (Central Federal District) of Russia will total 2-2.5 million tonnes/year.

The project, which will take three years to implement, will see investments exceeding US$400 million (€309.15 million).

The regional government may participate in the project, although the main share will belong to the Chinese company.

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Russia’s concrete production falls 15.6%

According to the Russian State Statistics Service, the country's enterprises produced over 25.19 million m³ of concrete in 2015, down 15.6% from 2014.

The Central Federal District was the leader with 9.30 million m³ (-16.6%); the Volga FD was the second (3.68 million m³, -24%), and the Southern FD was the third (over 3.5 million m³, +10.4%).

As much as 3.06 million m³ of concrete was produced in the North-Western FD (-24.2%), 2.62 million m³ in the Siberian FD (-7.7%); 1.29 million m³ in the Urals (-

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Russian market expands as SME culture grows

The biggest country in the world, with probably the most diverse geology, Russia is also a relative newcomer to some of the Western business practices and attitudes that its global counterparts take for granted. After the collapse of communism, Russia had no SME style businesses as we see them in the West - dynamic and aggressive developers of new markets and ideas that can move geographically and economically to fill voids in the marketplace.