Brazil's cement market expands 2% in August
Cement sales in Brazil increased 1.9 per cent to 6.133Mt in August 2026 from 6.017Mt in August 2025, according to the national cement association, SNIC. Of this total 2.744Mt wa...
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Cementir-Votorantim offer for CSN Cimentos lapses
Cementir Holding has confirmed that its Aalborg Portland Holding subsidiary jointly submitted a binding offer with Votorantim Cimentos for the potential acquisition of CSN Cimen...
Heidelberg Materials acquires majority stake in Cementos Inka
Heidelberg Materials has agreed to acquire a 70 per cent stake in Peruvian cement producer Caliza Cemento Inca SA , which trades as Cementos Inka. Founded in 2007, Cementos Inka...
Argentina’s cement dispatches fall 8% in August
Argentina’s cement dispatches declined by 8.1 per cent YoY to 817,082t in August 2026, according to the country’s Portland Cement Manufacturers Association (AFCP). This marked t...
Colombia sees 4% decline in July cement dispatches
Colombian cement market contracted by 3.8 per cent to 1.158Mt in July 2026 from 1.204Mt in July 2025, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Bagged cement dispatche...
FICEM Technical Congress opens in Mexico City
The FICEM 2026 Technical Congress opened today in Mexico City, bringing together 500 delegates and 50 exhibitors from across the Latin American cement industry. Welcoming delega...
Ecuador cement dispatches rise 8.6% in July
Ecuador's cement dispatches increased 8.6 per cent MoM to 492,600t in July 2026, according to the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). Cement production rose five per cent MoM to 474,...
Peruvian cement dispatches advance 9% in July
Cement deliveries in Peru increased nine per cent YoY to 1.194Mt in July 2026 from 1.096Mt in July 2025, reports ASOCEM, the country’s cement association. Of the total, 1.056Mt ...
Cemento Polpaico and Colbún develop Chile’s largest private solar park
Cemento Polpaico and Colbún, Chile’s third-largest power generator, have developed the country’s largest private photovoltaic self-generation park at the Cerro Blanco plant in t...
Soboce develops alternative fuel project at Viacha plant
Bolivian cement producer Soboce SA is converting non-recyclable waste into alternative fuel for use at its Viacha cement plant. Deputy Minister of Sustainable Industrialisation ...