Brazil February sales up 9.8%

Brazilan cement sales in February 2012 rose 9.8 per cent to reach 5.2Mt, latest data from Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento, shows.

For the first two months of 2012, dispatches were 590,000t compared to 546,000t in the first two months of 2011.

Cement sales for the rolling 12 months (March 2011 to February 2012) were up 7.8 per cent to 64.8Mt, representing an increase of 7.8 per cent on the same period of the previous year.