Global Cement Report

Mexico

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Despite a cooling economy, Mexican construction has enjoyed a strong housing market and increased government spending on infrastructure. This enhanced building activity benefited the local cement markets which have seen a steady annual growth averaging four per cent in recent years. Local producers have positioned themselves successfully and with new capacity coming on-line, scope for further growth exists. The industry has also seen its export potential rise considerably as the US-Mexican trade agreement of 2006 has seen trade barriers into the US come down.

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Time for simplicity
15 May 2013
Refractory maintenance can be a time-consuming and, therefore, costly necessity of cement plant operation. To optimise plant utilisation, cement works are keen to minimise the impact of refractory...
Meeting future targets
03 May 2013
While this year marks Fives FCB’s 80th anniversary in the cement industry, the company also has 35 years of precalcining experience. Its latest precalciner with combustion chamber, the ‘Zero-NOx p...
Cementos Molins first-quarter profit down by 53%
03 May 2013
Spanish cement maker Cementos Molins reported a 53 per cent on the year drop in its profit for the first quarter of 2013 to EUR4.7m, mainly due to the losses sustained by the domestic market. Spa...
Cemex first quarter sales fall 8% in 1Q13
29 April 2013
Cemex' 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 ...
GCC posts quarterly first quarter net loss, Mexico
29 April 2013
Mexican cement producer Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) posted a net loss of MXN98.6m (US$8.1m) in 1Q13 down from MXN109m in the same period of last year. Unfavourable winter weather conditio...
Cemex in alternative fuels study agreement
10 April 2013
Cemex announced today a collaboration agreement with the Earth Engineering Center (EEC) at Columbia University and City College of New York in which EEC will conduct a year-long study of the life ...
Buzzi Unicem net profit down on declines in Central Europe, Italy
01 April 2013
Buzzi Unicem said on Thursday it posted an attributable net loss of EUR28.5m in 2012 compared with a profit of EUR27m in 2011, due to declines in Central Europe and a major slowdown of building ac...
Cemex prices US$600m in notes, Mexico
15 March 2013
Cemex on Thursday priced six-year secured notes for US$600m to pay down debt. The notes, due 2019, to be issued at par, will pay annual interest of 5.875 per cent and will be callable after thre...