Cement News tagged under: Chile
Chilean market contraction slows in 3Q05 November 2020, Published under Cement NewsChilean cement dispatches fell 13 per cent to 868,487t in July-September 2020 from 998,291t in the 3Q19, according to the country’s chamber of construction, CChC. The latest data show a deceleration of the drop in consumption experienced in the second quarter of 2020. In the 2Q20 dispatches reached 773,602t, representing a 21.5 per cent decrease when compared with the 2Q19. Deliveries in July declined 25.1 per cent YoY to 233,186t as market contraction slowed from 42.2 per cent in June. Thi... |
Briones sisters sell Bío Bío stake to Gloria Group20 October 2020, Published under Cement NewsAnita 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 ... |
Chilean cement market contracts 14% in 6M2026 August 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Chile fell 15.4 per cent YoY in May 2020 to 291,781t from 345,001t in May 2019, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC). In June the market continued to contract, with sales down 26.9 per cent YoY to 213,502t from 291,979t in June 2019. In the first six months of 2020 demand in the South American country declined 13.7 per cent YoY to 1,781,388t from 2,065,205t in the 6M19. |
Chilean cement demand down 23% in April12 June 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Chile contracted by 22.9 per cent YoY to 268,319t in April 2020 from 348,151t in April 2019, according to the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. In the January-April 2020 period, demand for cement in the South American country declined 10.7 per cent YoY to 1,276,105t. In the 4M19, 1,428,225t of cement was sold on the domestic market. |
Chilean cement demand drops 7% in 1Q2015 May 2020, Published under Cement NewsAfter remaining largely stable at 332,905t in February 2020 when compared with February 2019, Chile’s cement market contracted by 13.6 per cent YoY in March to 344,098t from 398,132t in March 2019, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction and Cement (CChC). In the first quarter of 2020, dispatches were down 6.7 per cent YoY to 1,007,786t from 1,080,074t in the 1Q19. |
Cemento Melón to sell concrete products business07 May 2020, Published under Cement NewsCemento Melón has announced it will divest its concrete products business and has signed an agreement with Grau SA to sell 49 per cent of its concrete prefabrication shares. The divestment will enable the Chilean cement producer to wholly focus and strengthen its key businesses of cement, concrete and sand. Pedro Grau of Grau SA said the company “understood the strategic decision of Melon to relinquish its stake, a step that is lamentable as we value the permanent contribution of its direct... |
Chilean cement market contracts 2% in 1M2005 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement dispatches in Chile slipped two per cent YoY in January 2020. Deliveries fell to 331,783t in the first month of the year from 350,122t in January 2019, according to the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. Dispatches in 2019 rose 2.2 per cent YoY to 4,081,896t when compared with 3,992,501t in 2018. |
Chile's cement dispatches edge up 2% in 201927 February 2020, Published under Cement NewsChilean cement dispatches fell by 8.3 per cent YoY to 338,720t in December 2019 from 369,291t in December 2018, according to the Chilean cement and construction chamber, ChCC. MoM there was a much more modest drop of 0.9 per cent. Deliveries in the full-year of 2019 edged up 2.2 per cent to 4,081,896t when compared with full-year volumes of 3,992,501t in 2018. |
Chile's cement demand up 3% in 11M1916 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Chile declined 2.5 per cent YoY in November 2019, according to the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. Consumption fell to 341,721t in November 2019 from 350,532t in the previous year. However, in the year to date the domestic cement market expanded by 3.3 per cent from 3.624Mt in the 11M18 to 3.743Mt in the 11M19. |
Chilean cement demand declines 8% in October02 January 2020, Published under Cement NewsChile’s cement market contracted by eight per cent in October 2019 to 337,959t from 367,167t in October 2018, according to the Chilean construction chamber (CChC). However, MoM demand advanced 8.6 per cent from 311,328t in September 2019. In the first 10 months of 2019 cement consumption advanced 3.9 per cent from 3.273Mt in 10M18 to 3.401Mt. |