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Cementos Yura appoints new general manager

25 October 2021, Published under Cement News

Peru-based Cementos Yura has selected Fernando Rojas as its new general manager, replacing Julio Caceres, who was appointed on an interim basis. Mr Rojas has more than 27 years of experience in the cement industry internationally, having developed his professional career in Cemex, where he served as director of operations (Costa Rica and Puerto Rico) and lead the regional direction of Optimisation and Sustainability for Central America and the Caribbean. Julio Cáceres has been appointe...

Yura sees 7% fall in profit for the 1Q19

16 May 2019, Published under Cement News

Peru’s Yura has posted a 7.1 per cent YoY drop in profits to PEN37.6m (US$11.3m) for the first quarter of 2019, with the decrease attributed to lower sales and greater sales costs. Overall sales fell by 3.4 per cent to reach PEN222.6m. Domestic sales fell by 2.8 per cent due to lower public investment, while exports declined 41 per cent on the back of the launch of Yura production in Bolivia and lower demand in Chile. Meanwhile, the cost of sales increased 6.4 per cent to PEN125.7m due...