Global Cement Report
Panama
PDFFull Introduction ReportDownload HerePanama's buoyant service and construction sectors are giving its economy a significant boost and with the expansion of the Panama canal on the table, the cement producers are gearing up to meet the rising demand for cement with both Cemex and Holcim investing in expanding existing capacity.
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Cementos Argos
21 May 2013Colombia’s leading cement producer, Cementos Argos, has issued up to 250m preferential shares in a bid to raise up to COP2.32bn (US$1.26bn). The shares, priced at between COP7700-9300 (US$4.2-5...
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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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Cemex Latin American Holdings has a weaker first quarter
26 April 2013Cemex Latin American Holdings reported a 2.5 per cent decline in first quarter turnover to US$383.3m, but the EBITDA did improve by 8.1 per cent to US$140.7m. The increase at the trading level...
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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 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...