Commerce and Industry show that India's cement production in the first half of 2019 increased by 6.3% year-on-year to 178 million tons, compared with 167 million tons in the same period in 2018. On a monthly basis, production declined by 1.5% to 28.3 million tonnes in June 2019 from 2.88 million tonnes in June 2018. June 2019 was the first month of declining cement production since October 2017.
