Cement consumption up 3.78% in nine months, Spain

Cement consumption in the nine months to September was up 3.78 percent from the same period a year earlier at 36.23 metric tones, industry association Oficemen said. Production of cement in the same period was up 4.31 percent year-on-year at 34.85 million metric tons. Exports grew 12.7 percent in the nine months, while imports fell 1.9 percent. Consumption in September alone was up 4.27 percent.