Mexico: Mexican cement maker Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua saw net earnings rise 53.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2007, totaling 25,9mn dollars, the company announced in a statement. Net sales rose 35.6 percent for the January to March 2007 period, including a 60.0 percent rise in the US and a 27.2 percent rise in domestic sales. The 60.0 percent rise in sales to the US market came from the integration of new operations there, as well as comparably higher cement prices, which offset expected declines in sales volumes, said GCC CEO Manuel Mila in a conference call. While further volume declines are foreseen in 2007 in the US market, they are expected to begin slightly increasing by year-end, coinciding with the completion of a new cement plant there in Pueblo, Colorado, said Mila.
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机译：墨西哥：墨西哥水泥生产商Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua在一份声明中宣布，2007年第一季度净利润同比增长53.5％，总计2,590万美元。 2007年1月至2007年3月的净销售额增长了35.6％，其中美国增长了60.0％，国内销售增长了27.2％。海湾合作委员会首席执行官曼努埃尔·米拉在电话会议上说，对美国市场的销售额增长了60.0％，这是由于该国新业务的整合以及相对较高的水泥价格，抵消了预期的销量下降。 Mila说，虽然预计美国市场在2007年将有进一步的下滑，但预计到年底将开始小幅增长，这与科罗拉多州普韦布洛新水泥厂的建成相吻合。
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