Italian cement and concrete manufacturer Buzzi Unicem SpA ended 2005 with a consolidated turnover of 2.95 bln euro, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year, the company said in a statement on February 10, 2006. Sales of cement hiked by 1.0 per cent to 32.2Mt, while concrete sales reached 2.95 million cu m, rising by 2.7 per cent. The group’s net financial debt dropped by 221 mln euro to 1.054 bln euro.