Portland and blended cement shipments in December 2014 reached 6.24Mt, preliminary data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) shows. This takes full-year shipments to 88.53Mt, according to the initial indicators.

Imports during December amounted to 545,259t, while for the full year they reached 7.31Mt.

Clinker production for the final month of the year was 6.46Mt. For the full year clinker output totalled 74.93Mt.

The full monthly report will be published in approximately two weeks.