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Poland: Cement production increased by 2.9% year-on-year to 1.62Mt in May 2015, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association. In the 12 months that ended on 31 May 2015, cement production grew by 1.5% year-on-year to 5.64Mt.

Poland: Cement production declined by 3.9% year-on-year to 1.39Mt in April 2015, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association. In the first five months of the year, Poland's cement production grew by 1% year-on-year to 4.02Mt.

Poland: Lafarge has appointed Jacek Patyk as new director of the Malogoszcz cement plant. He will replace Miroslaw Majchrowicz, who will be in charge of Lafarge's cement plant in Beocin, Serbia

Poland: Cement production fell by 0.1% year-on-year to 520,900t in January 2015, while sales rose by 15.4% year-on-year to 638,500t, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association. In 2014, cement production increased by 6.8% year-on-year to 15.4Mt, with sales for the same period rising by 6.6% to 15.6Mt.

Poland: According to the Polish Association of Cement Producers (SPC), cement sales might exceed 16Mt in 2015, while in 2017 - 2018 they might return to the record-breaking level of 19Mt. Official sales figures for 2014 have not been revealed yet, but recent estimates show that some 15 - 15.2Mt of cement were sold in 2014, which would represent a 6% increase when compared to the 14.3Mt sold in 2013.

Poland: Poland's year-to-date cement production increased by 11.9% year-on-year to 10.2Mt, while sales in the same period rose by 10.7% to 10.3Mt. In August 2014 cement production declined by 4.5% year-on-year to 1.51Mt, while sales fell by 9.7% year-on-year to 1.46Mt, according to Poland's Cement Producer Association.

Poland: Gorazdze Cement has forecast that sales of cement in the country will grow by up to 7% year-on-year in 2014 to 15.5Mt up from 14.5Mt in 2013. Similar sales growth is expected in 2015, provided more projects co-financed by the European Union are started. The Institute for Market Economics (IBnGR) expect sales to reach 15.2Mt in 2014 and then 16.4Mt in 2015. The research institute attributes the sales growth in 2014 to an improving situation in the rail, energy, residential and road construction sectors.

Poland: Poland's cement production totalled 846,500t in December 2013, up by 42% year-on-year, according to statistics from the country's Cement Producer Association.

Cement sales jumped to 725,500t in December 2013, marking a 55.3% year-on-year increase on December 2012. For the 12 months to December 2013, cement output declined by 7.5% to 14.5Mt, while sales dropped by 7.6% to 14.6Mt.

Poland: The Court of Competition and Consumer Protection (SOKiK) has upheld a decision by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to fine seven cement companies for forming a cartel. However, the SOKiK lowered the total fine from Euro100m to Euro80m. According the UOKiK the cartel fixed prices and divided the Polish market among themselves for at least eleven years.

According to the UOKiK the cartel activities could have had negative consequences for the construction sector and had affected consumers. The cartel had almost 100% share of production and sale of grey cement in Poland.

During the investigation two cartel members decided to co-operate with the UOKiK in exchange for leniency. Therefore UOKiK decided not to fine Lafarge Cement and lowered the fine for Gorazdze Cement. The remaining five cartel members - Grupa Ozarow, Cemex Polska, Dyckerhoff Polska, Cementownia Warta and Cementownia Odra - were fined to the full legal extent, 10% of annual turnover.

Poland: Cement production in Poland has fallen by 33.5% to 2.69Mt for the first four months of 2013, according to the Polish Cement Association. January to April 2013 sales fell by 31.1% to 2.82Mt. In April 2013, production dropped by 33.8% year-on-year to 1.04Mt and sales dropped by 24.1% to 1.19Mt.