Italian construction group Buzzi's first-half sales rise 6.5%
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Italian construction group Buzzi's BZU.MI like-for-like sales rose 6.5% to 2.19 billion euros ($2.53 billion) in the first six months of the year , it said on Tuesday. Ready-mix concrete sales were up 3.7% and cement shipments increased by 23.7%. ($1 = 0.8666 euros) (Reporting by Laura Contemori in Gdansk, editing by Matt Scuffham) ((Laura.Contemori@thomsonreuters.com;))