Votorantim earnings squeezed by cost inflation
Votorantim Cimentos reported lower third-quarter earnings as price increases failed to offset rising costs across its main markets, despite a modest increase in cement sales. Gl...
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Brazil offers BRL81m for cement and steel decarbonisation
Brazil’s industrial innovation agency Embrapii and German development agency GIZ have launched a funding programme offering up to BRL81m (US$14.4m) in grants to develop technolo...
Huaxin signs US$2.3bn CSN Cimentos acquisition agreement
Huaxin Building Materials Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 99.99 per cent interest in Brazil’s CSN Cimentos from Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN). The tr...
Huaxin advances US$2.33bn CSN Cimentos acquisition talks
China’s Huaxin Building Materials Group has signed a 10-day exclusivity agreement with Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), advancing its proposed acquisition of CSN Cimentos B...
Brazil’s cement demand declines 6% in September
Cement consumption in Brazil fell 5.7 per cent YoY to 5.743Mt in September 2026 when compared with September 2025, when 6.088Mt was sold in the domestic market, according to Bra...
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...
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...
Saint-Gobain expands construction chemicals and plasterboard capacity in Latin America
In Peru, the group has completed the acquisition of QSI Productos para la Construcción, expanding its construction chemicals platform in the country. The business joins Saint-Go...
Votorantim’s Midwest moves Premium
Brazil’s Midwest has emerged as one of the country’s most dynamic growth regions, driven by the expansion of agribusiness, rapid urbanisation and increasing demand for infrastru...
Brazil’s cement comeback Premium
Brazil’s cement sector held firm in 2025, weathering slower growth, high interest rates and mounting household debt as housing, infrastructure and sustainability investment cont...