While Ukraine’s major cement producers posted 20-57% yoy increase in production in November, Pushka Cement posted lower yoy output for the second consecutive month. In November it cut output by 4.4% yoy to 50.4 ths mt. High production levels during previous months made Pushka surpass its annual production capacity of 580 ths mt in November. Total production of cement in Ukraine is expected to grow by 20% in 2005 to 12.8 mln mt.
January-November, ths mt
% change
Balcem
2040.0
33.4
Podilsky Cement
1749.0
8.6
Kryvy Rih Cement
1313.0
3.8
Doncement
848.0
3.0
Pushka
615.6
8.0
Ivano-Frankivsk Cement
526.0
5.8
Dniprocement
506.9
24.7