Eurocement: production up 13 per cent

In 2004, the Eurocement Group produced more than 9.6Mt of cement, 13 per cent more than in 2003.   The group turned out more than 1Mt of bagged products, up 16 per cent year-on-year. The products were dispatched via 18 distribution units to more than 50 Russian regions and abroad.  

Eurocement Group, Russia’s largest cement holding company, controls 20 per cent of the Russian and 60 per cent of the Moscow cement market. The group incorporates six cement makers, such as Maltsovsky Portlandcement (the Bryansk region), Mikhailovcement (the Ryazan region), Lipetskcement, the Savinsky Cement Factory (the Arkhangelsk region), Nevyansky Cementnik (the Sverdlovsk region) and Katavsky Cement (the Chelyabinsk region).

The group controls from 75 per cent to 100 per cent of these business shares, including through the Eurocement Company, which is a sales subsidiary of the group. The company has been exporting its products to western and eastern Europe since 2000.