From Jan till August 2004 Lipetskcement made 1.12Mt fo cement, outstripping the figure of the same period 2003 by 8.3%. Packed cement output was more than 157,000t, a 20.7 per cent rise against Jan-Aug 2003. In 2003 the plant output was more than 1.5Mt of cement, up 3.2 per cent from the figure of the same period a year ealier, including packed cement - nearly 193,000t, or an increase of 11.3 per cent. In 2004 the company plans to sustain product output at the level of 2003.