Global Cement Report
Caribbean
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereThe regional cement sector has experienced some challenging times over the past two years but has put in place a number of expansion plans designed to make the region more self-sufficient in cement and to keep foreign imports to a low level. Improving cement demand is to some extent due to a continuing cycle of weather-related damage and repairs with seasonal hurricanes exacting a heavy toll.
Country Research
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Trinidad Cement Ltd 1Q13 boosted by higher sales volumes and prices
13 May 2013For the first quarter of 2013, Trinidad Cement Ltd recorded EBITDA of JMD114.2m (US$1.16m), reflecting a significant improvement over the first quarter of the previous year and 74 per cent of the ...
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Cemex
03 May 2013Cemex's first-quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3318.6m, while the EBITDA came off by 8.1 per cent to US$521.1m. The trading profit was off by just 0.5 per cent to US$239.1m. The net...
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Cemex first quarter sales fall 8% in 1Q13
29 April 2013Cemex' first quarter turnover declined by 5.3 per cent to US$3318.6m, while the EBITDA came off by 8.1 per cent to US$521.1m. Volumes were ahead in the USA and in the Philippines, but declined in ...
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Caribbean Cement workers protest over concerns on domestic declines
04 April 2013Union members of the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd (CCCL) have staged a demonstration amid concerns on continued declines in the domestic cement market. The one-hour protest took place outside t...
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Cemex
04 March 2013Cemex' turnover eased by 1.5 per cent in 2012 to US$14,983.8m, but the EBITDA did improve by 10.2 per cent to US$2614.7m and the trading profit advanced by 35.3 per cent to US$1308m, having recove...
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Colombia’s Argos closes 2012 with 25% rise in EBITDA
26 February 2013Argos, Colombia’s largest cement producer, recorded a 25 per cent YoY rise in EBITDA in 2012 and an 82 per cent rise in operating income. The group, which also operates in the Caribbean and US, r...
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Cemex details plans to raise EBITDA to US$4.7bn by 2016
15 February 2013At its 2013 Cemex Day, Cemex set out its ambitious target to increase its EBITDA from US$2.6bn in 2012 to US$4.7bn in 2016 as the company charts its recovery. The plans of the Mexico-based cement ...
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Cemex full-year turnover eases, EBITDA improves
08 February 2013Cemex has reported its full-year 2012 results which show decline in turnover but advance in EBITDA. Net debt is reduced but interest charge and gearing rise. Cemex' turnover eased by 1.5 per ce...