Global Cement Report
Honduras
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HereHonduras is one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere, and is reputedly plagued by corruption. With a lack of competition in the cement industry and a duopoly held by Lafarge-Incehsa and Holcim, the government monitors cement prices.
Country Research
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Lafarge
04 March 2013Lafarge's turnover increased by 3.5 per cent in 2012 to EUR15,816m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 per cent to EUR3450m. The trading profit showed a 12 per cent recovery EUR2440m and net financial ...
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Lafarge improves operational performance
25 February 2013Full-year 2012 results published by global cement major Lafarge showed strong growth in emerging markets and improvements in operational performance, and it now expects to meet most of its cost-cu...
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Lafarge
06 December 2012For the first nine months of the year, Lafarge's turnover was ahead by 4.7% to €12,007m and the EBITDA improved by 7.2 to €2,594m. At the trading level the profit advanced by 11.9% to €1,837m, but...
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Lafarge: July '12
03 August 2012Lafarge's 1H turnover increased by an underlying 4.9 per cent to €7614m and the EBITDA rose by 7.8 per cent to €1523m, while the trading profit increased by 14.7 per cent to €1022m. A lower €46m g...
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Lafarge
02 March 2012Lafarge's underlying turnover, adjusting for the elimination of the gypsum business that has largely been sold, increased by 3% in 2011 to €15,284, but the EBITDA declined by 7.8% to €3217m. The t...
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Talks on new Guatemala-Honduras venture
16 January 2012Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo Sosa has begun talks with representatives from a Guatemalan cement producer on the possible establishment of a cement factory in Honduras. Cementos Progreso, G...
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Lafarge-Incehsa increases investments?, Honduras
03 January 2012Lafarge-Incehsa is modernising and expanding its plant in Comayagua , Honduras, over a period of three years with plans including debottlenecking measures and a new kiln line. The move comes ...
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Cement consumption in Honduras seen up 10%
29 November 2011Cement consumption in Honduras this year increased by 10 per cent over 2010, resulting in part from improvements made in the rural sector. Domestic demand amounted to 1.5Mt of the construction ...