the National Bureau of Statistics, cement production in August was 179 million tons, down 2.0% from a year earlier, and 1.306 billion tons in January-August, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
According to the provincial and municipal data, in the previous August, Jiangsu ranked first with an output of 90.981 million tons, Guangdong ranked second with an output of 89.2218 million tons, and Anhui ranked third with an output of 84.5034 million tons. Compared with the
same period last year, Shanghai's cement production increased by 51.14%.
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