Russia: BaselCement produced 1Mt of cement and clinker in the first half of 2015, 4% more than in the same period of 2014, according to Interfax.
"Significant growth in production was achieved at Serebryansk Cement Plant. The enterprise produced almost 650,000t of cement in the first half of 2015. Shipments to the construction market in Moscow and Moscow region rose by 15% year-on-year. The plant's share of the Moscow region's cement market rose to 9%," said BaselCement in a press release.
Achinsk Cement shipped 64,000t of cement to customers in the Siberian Federal District in the first half of 2015, double the amount in the same period of 2014. "This was the result of the Euro2.56m investment project aimed at increasing capacity to produce the given grades," said BaselCement. The Siberian enterprise also increased shipments of commercial clinker by more than 150% on higher demand. Its share of the construction materials market in the Siberian FD was about 10%.