According to Soyuzcement, cement consumption in January-May 2021 in Russia decreased by 0.9% to 19.4 million tons compared to the same indicator of the first five months of 2020. The volume of cement production in January-May 2021 increased by 1.3% and also amounted to 19.4 million tons. It is expected that cement consumption and production in June 2021 will grow by 6.5% compared to June 2020.
In January-June 2021, the volume of railway transportation of cement in the country increased in relation to the indicator for January-June 2020 by 8.1%, to 12,696 thousand tons.
The volume of Construction work in January-May 2021 was 3.5% higher than the level of the same period of the previous year. In absolute terms, the volume of work in January-May increased by 205.9 billion rubles.
