Operator
Operator
Good morning, and welcome to CEMEX Fourth Quarter 2012 Conference Call and Video Webcast. My name is Jasmine, and I'll be your operator for today. [Operator Instructions] Our hosts for today are Fernando González, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration; and Maher Al-Haffar, Vice President of Corporate Communications, Public Affairs and Investor Relations. And now, I will turn the conference over to your host, Fernando González. Please proceed. Fernando A. González: Thanks. Good day to everyone. Thank you for joining us for our Fourth Quarter 2012 Conference Call and Video Webcast. After Maher and I discuss the results of the quarter, we will be happy to take your questions. We are pleased with our 10% growth in operating EBITDA on a like-to-like basis on the back of essentially flat consolidated net sales. This is the sixth consecutive quarter with a year-over-year EBITDA increase. For the full year, operating EBITDA grew by 14% on a like-to-like basis, reaching $2.6 billion. Improvement in pricing and volume in several of our regions, as well as the continued success of our transformation effort, has led to the highest operating EBITDA and operating EBITDA margin since 2009. Infrastructure and housing continue to be the main drivers of demand for our products. The U.S., as well as the South, Central America and the Caribbean and Asia regions contributed strongly to our fourth quarter and full year 2012 consolidated cement volumes. The favorable volumes from these regions partially mitigated the declines we experienced in the Northern Europe and Mediterranean regions and, to a lesser extent, Mexico. In the case of the U.S., we had double-digit growth in our full year cement, ready mix and aggregate volumes. Prices for domestic gray cement on a consolidated basis increased by 1% sequentially in local currency terms, while ready mix…