In October-December, Kramatorsk-based cement plant Pushka (Donetsk region) increased its production volume in comparative prices by 12.2 per cent or UAH 2.063m up to UAH 19.01m from the same period in 2003. According to the company, in October-December, the enterprise increased the output of cement by 29.3 per cent, or 32,900t up to 145,000t, and the output of clinker by 25.2 per cent or 21,400t up to 106,400t. The enterprise finished 2003 with net profits of UAH 4.023m. Its annual capacity for cement production constitutes 580,000t with clinker capacity rated at 400,000t, and slate production 300m pieces. The Russian Inteko group bought about 90 per cent of the shares in the plant in 2004.