Operator
Operator
Good morning, welcome to the CEMEX Third Quarter 2014 Conference Call and Video Webcast. My name is Vivian, and I'll be your operator for today. [Operator Instructions] Our host for today are Fernando González, Chief Executive Officer; and Maher Al-Haffar, Executive Vice President of Investor Relations, Communications and Public Affairs. And now, I will turn the conference over to your host, Fernando González. Please proceed. Fernando A. González: Thank you, operator. Good day to everyone, and thank you for joining us for our Third Quarter 2014 Conference Call and Video Webcast. After Maher and I disclose the results of the quarter, we will be happy to take your questions. During the third quarter, we had good top line growth and our operating EBITDA generation grew by 3% on a like-to-like basis despite the slowdown in some of our markets. Consolidated cement and aggregates volumes increased by 3% and 1%, respectively, while ready-mix volumes were flat during the quarter. All of our regions enjoyed higher cement and ready-mix volumes with exception of the Mediterranean in cement and Northern Europe and Asia in ready mix. For the remainder of the year, we expect consolidated volumes to continue performing well. Quarterly consolidated prices for cement, ready mix and aggregates in both local currency and U.S. dollar terms are higher on a year-over-year basis. Sequentially, our consolidated local currency prices for ready mix grew by 1% mainly driven by increases in the U.S. and the South, Central America and the Caribbean region, while consolidated cement prices remain flat. On the financing side, we continue to proactively address our refinancing requirements, improving our debt maturity profile, further reducing our interest expense and strengthening our capital structure. During the quarter, we raised about $1.6 billion equivalents at competitive yields. We also concluded our efforts to fully…