Recently, Italy Cement announced its 2014 performance report: in 2014, the company achieved a comprehensive income of 4.16 billion euros, a year-on-year decline of 1.8% (with the exchange rate unchanged, a decline of 0.7%). The sales volume of cement increased by 2.7% year-on-year, and the sales volume of cement and clinker was 43.4 million tons, up 0.6% year-on-year. Innovative products accounted for 6.5% of turnover, up about 20% year-on-year.
The main regions of cement sales growth are North America, Asia, Spain and Greece.
Cement sales increased in all regions, except Midwest Europe. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the company's cement sales in Midwest Europe decreased by 0.7% compared with the same period last year.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the company achieved operating income of 1.04 billion euros, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year.