France: Bénédicte de Bonnechose of the Syndicat Français de l’Industrie Cimentière (SFIC), the French cement union, says that the market is expected to have grown by 3 - 4% in 2017. Cement consumption reached 17.5Mt in 2016, according to the Agence France Press. De Bonnechose described the growth as a ‘sharp signal’ that the French cement industry was recovering following hitting its lowest levels since the 1960s.
French cement market grew by 3 - 4% in 2017
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