UAE-based producer Fujairah Cement Industries reported a net loss for the first six months of 2013 due to declining sales.

The company registered a drop of AED3.6m (US$968,0000) for the period as its sales slipped by over six per cent to AED287.2m (US$78.2m), compared to AED307m (US$83.6m) in the same period last year.

Fujairah Cement has a clinker capacity of 3.31Mta and operates a ThyssenKrupp Resource Technologies-built plant with two kiln lines.