China: China's cement output growth dropped in November 2011, but was still 6.1% up on November 2010 at 11.2%. State statistics show that China's cement output reached 1.89Bnt in the first 11 months of 2011, an increase 17.2% over the first 11 months of 2010.
Total profits from China's entire building materials industry surged by 53.1% year-on-year to US$38.68b in the first 11 months of 2011.