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CEMEX refinances credit agreement

12 April 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has successfully refinanced its euro-denominated sustainability-linked syndicated credit agreement, extending the final maturity to 2029. The refinanced credit agreement consists of a EUR450m five-year amortising term loan, and a new EUR300m four-year committed revolving credit facility. This represents a reduction of EUR50m in the term loan and an additional source of liquidity in the form of a revolver. According to the company, the signing of this agreement is an integral par...

CEMEX receives EUR4.8m to reduce natural resource use

03 April 2024, Published under Cement News

Spain’s Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has awarded a EUR4.8m (US$5.2m) to CEMEX España  as part of its Strategic Project for the Recovery and Economic Transformation (PERTE) of the Circular Economy to improve the circularity of its processes. The grant represents 35 per cent of the approved EUR13.7m budget to develop and implement the “L2 cross-cutting action to boost the economy – Increasing the efficiency of raw materials in cement manufactu...

CEMEX receives EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year award for 6th consecutive year

01 April 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has been recognised by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as 2024 Energy Star® Partner of the Year for the sixth consecutive year. The Partner of the Year award highlights CEMEX's continued efforts to reduce energy consumption, minimise environmental impact, and promote sustainable practices across its cement plants, ready-mix concrete facilities, and other operations across the USA. To achieve the award CEMEX has made key contributions such as sourcing 100 per cent renewab...

CEMEX sets the pace in 2023

25 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has released its Integrated Report, entitled 'Setting the Pace', which outlines the company’s strategic vision, operational performance, and value creation in 2023. Last year saw CEMEX achieve record growth in EBITDA and make significant progress in its decarbonisation efforts, reducing Scope 1 and 2 CO 2 emissions by 13 and 12 per cent, respectively, since 2020. This comes as the company launches its ‘Regenera’ waste management business globally, as part of its Urbanisation Solutio...

CEMEX reveals strategy for EBITDA growth

22 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has outlined its strategy to achieve high single-digit EBITDA growth in the medium term. According to the company, since 2020 it has focussed on rebalancing its portfolio towards the US, increasing its percentage of EBITDA contribution from 24 to 29 per cent. CEMEX now intends to increase this to 40 per cent by expanding its growth capex and investing divestment proceeds to the region.  Speaking at an investor day in New York, Fernando A González, CEO at CEMEX, said that the focus...

CEMEX signs decarbonisation collaboration with White Summit Capital

20 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX has entered into a collaboration with specialised energy transition infrastructure investor and manager White Summit Capital to develop projects across its European operations that will contribute to CEMEX’s 2050 net-zero objectives. The envisaged partnership will focus on two key pillars of CEMEX’s Future in Action strategy: Decarbonising our Operations (for instance by reducing clinker factor, optimising fuel mix, increasing clean electricity, reducing transport emissions), and ...

DCMI in talks to acquire CEMEX Holdings Philippines

18 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Philippines-based D M Consunji Inc (DCMI), an engineering-based construction firm, is looking to expand into the cement business with the potential acquisition of CEMEX Holdings Philippines (CHP). According to The Philippine Star, the acquisition is seen as benefitting DCMI as cement is a key input in some of its major businesses. It could also help mange the costs of its property arm.  Although there has been no confirmation of when a deal could be completed, both DCMI and CHP are repo...

CEMEX to use solar power for Caracolito plant

15 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX Colombia will source 42,865MWh of electricity per year for its Caracolita plant in Colima from Celsia's new 19.9MWac solar farm in Ibague upon commissioning of the new solar farm. The alternative power source will replace 25 per cent of the cement plant's electricity. "[S]upplying our main cement plant in Colombia with solar energy will be a decisive step in our strategy to take advantage of renewable sources for cement production in Colombia,” said Alejandro Ramirez, president of Ce...

S&P upgrades CEMEX's credit rating

15 March 2024, Published under Cement News

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded CEMEX ’s long-term global scale issuer credit rating to Investment Grade (BBB-) due to its strong financial and operating performance, deleveraging strategy, and flexible capital allocation.  “Achieving an investment-grade credit rating from S&P is a very important milestone for CEMEX,” said Fernando A González, CEO of CEMEX. “While we had record results last year, this rating is recognition of successful execution against our medium-te...

CEMEX Croatia awarded contracts for three solar power plant projects

14 March 2024, Published under Cement News

CEMEX Croatia has been awarded EUR5m (US$5.5m) in contracts for the construction of three solar power plants, co-funded by The Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and the EU Modernisation Fund. The project will see solar energy production facilities built at Juraj cement plant in Kaštel Sućurac, Kajo cement plant in Solin and the Podsused facility in Zagreb. Approximately EUR3m of the funding will be supplied by the EU. The goal of this project is to equip the roofs ...