Preliminary data and market estimates show that domestic cement demand in Brazil during April 2011 was 4.8Mt, representing an increase of 4.5 per cent on April 2010.

For January-April 2011, sales reached 19.2Mt, up 6.2 per cent on the same period of 2010.

For the rolling annual total (May 2010-April 2011) sales reached 60.1Mt, again an increase of 11.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis (May 2009-April 2010).

Source: Sindicato Nacional da Industria do Cimento (SNIC)