Italy: Buzzi Unicem’s revenue in the third quarter of 2017 has been boosted by strong sales in the US, Italy, Germany and Russia. Overall, its net sales rose by 6.7% to Euro2.13bn in the first nine months of 2017 from Euro2.00bn in the same period in 2016. Its cement sales volumes rose by 4.1% to 20.3Mt from 19.5Mt.
The group said that, although its operating performance was penalised at the end of August and in September 2017 by the impact of hurricane Harvey along the Texas coast, sales volumes of the group grew due to its acquisition of Zillo Group, which started in July 2017. With the exception of Ukraine, all countries in which the company operates in recorded gains in shipments and a marked increase was noted in Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg.