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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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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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TCL to challenge Competition Commission, Trinidad
26 January 2012Trinidad Cement Company (TCL) has been granted an application for special leave by the Caribbean Court of Justice, allowing the cement producer to challenge a report on the region’s cement trade u...
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TCL contributes to Haiti relief efforts
12 July 2010Employees of the TCL Group recently contributed TT$62,666.87 towards the Group’s Haiti Relief Programme. The monetary donations from employees of Trinidad Cement Limited, TCL Guyana Inc and the ...
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Argos puts together Caribbean & Central American network
24 February 2010Cementos Argos, Colombia’s largest cement company, said Tuesday its consolidated net profit in 2009 almost tripled to COP210bn (US$109m) from the COP71bn reported in 2008. Cementos Argos and its...
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Argos to form joint venture with Kersten, Suriname
22 February 2010Cementos Argos S.A, Colombia’s leading cement producer, has signed a US$3.2m joint venture agreement with C. Kersten en Co. N.V., engaged in cement production. With this partnership, Kersten will...
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Judgment reserved in TCL case against Guyana Govt
29 January 2010Judgment has been reserved in the matter involving Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) and its subsidiary, TCL Guyana Incorporated (TGI), following hours of legal arguments at the Caribbean Court of Justice...
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Jamaica to appeal rejection of cement import request
11 November 2009Jamaica will appeal the rejection of its application to the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), for a suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) on 120,000t of cement i...