Russia: Siberian Cement reduced its cement production by 3% year-on-year to 3.1Mt 2017. Production at its subsidiary Topkinsky Cement fell by 4% to 2.06Mt and at Krasnoyarsk Cement by 10% to 0.65Mt, according the Kommersant newspaper. Production at its Timluysky cement plant rose by 26% to 0.34Mt. Siberian Cement’s vice-president Gennady Rasskazov forecast that demand for its products will remain similar to 2017 in 2018. However, demand is anticipated to fall in some regions of the Siberian Federal District.
