europe and Asphalt in the UK responsible for 1,040 employees serving in the region of 2,000 customers and currently producing some 20 million tonnes of aggregates and 2 million tones of asphalt a year .
The recent economic crisis and continuing tough economic climate has had an impact on the UK business with the decline in the construction industry meaning less demand for CEMEX products .
“ Times have been very hard for us . In 2007 we were selling 26 million tonnes of aggregates , but that dropped by around 30 percent ; but now we are starting to climb back up with current sales of 20 million tonnes ,” explained Russell .
Lex Russell is Vice- President of Aggregates and Asphalt in the UK
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