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Briones sisters sell Bío Bío stake to Gloria Group

20 October 2020, Published under Cement News

Anita and Loreto Briones Goich of ALB SpA have sold their entire 19 per cent stake in Cementos Bío Bío, the cement company founded by their father, Hernán Briones Gorostiaga in 1957. The shares were sold for approximately US$46.8m to the Peruvian Gloria Group. Cementos Bío Bío includes CBB, Inacesa, Ready Mix and Inacal and has a presence in Chile, Argentina and Peru. The sale follows the divestment of shares to Peru-based Unión Andina de Cementos, who purchased 50 per cent of the shares ...

Peru's Gloria Group acquires control of Soboce, Bolivia

18 December 2014, Published under Cement News

Peruvian conglomerate Gloria Group has acquired an outstanding 51.35 per cent stake in Bolivia's largest cement producer Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento (Soboce) for US$300m. Gloria previously held a 47 per cent stake in Soboce, once the flagship of magnate and former presidential candidate Doria Medina, with US$280mn in annual sales. Mr Medina, who lost to President Evo Morales in the October presidential elections, opposed Mr Morales' move to nationalise Soboce's 30 per cent stake in cemen...

Gloria Group plans US$250-300m cement plant investment in Cusco

03 December 2012, Published under Cement News

The Gloria Group, which controls Cementos Yura and Industrias Cachimayo, plans to build a new cement plant in Cusco, southeastern Peru, to meet the demand of an expanding market in the south of the country. Vito Rodríguez Rodríguez, head of the industrial group, said the company would invest US$250-300m. He added that the firm had already acquired the land necessary but provided no further details. He also mentioned that Gloria is evaluating new investment options, including in the ar...