Cement market grows 7%

The Romanian cement market last year increased 7%, to a total volume of 4.6 million tonnes, Swiss company Holcim estimated, based on its 2002 results. sleadednt”Our Romanian sales were helped by a solid market and by the fact that we have managed to consolidate the Alesd-based plant,” company officials say. Holcim estimates that, in Bulgaria, the total volume amounted to 1.6 million tonnes of cement, accounting for the biggest increase posted on a European market (11.8%). On the other hand, sales dropped 10% in Germany. ZF