Sales at the local subsidiary of Swiss Group Holcim, the global cement supplier, fell by 1 percent in the first semester of this year compared with the same period of the last year, while prices have gone up by 1.2 percent.
The Romanian cement market had a rough start to 2012, due to bad weather and the overall market conditions, said Daniel Bach, general director of Holcim Romania.
Worldwide, Holcim increased its consolidated sales of cement fueled by the emerging markets and North America in the first half of 2012. In the first half of the year, the group’s consolidated net sales increased by 2.1 percent to CHF 10.4bn while operating EBITDA rose by 1.9 percent to CHF 1.9bn.
