Puerto Rico’s cement market contracts in June but sees July recovery
Puerto Rican cement sales declined by 6.9 per cent YoY to 50,694t in June 2024 from 54,442.8t in June 2023 but recovered in July, increasing by 12.9 per cent from 48,478.8t in ...
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ADOCEM signs training and research agreement with BARNA
The Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers, ADOCEM, and the BARNA High Management School have signed a collaboration agreement to strengthen the link between the ce...
RBL-REI complete Cruz Azul conveyor installations
RBL-REI, the France-based industrial equipment supplier, has successfully installed an innovative conveyor system for limestone and petcoke handling for Cooperative La Cruz Az...
Puerto Rican cement sales fall 7% in May
Puerto Rican cement sales in May 2024 declined 6.9 per cent YoY when compared with 1.3m bags of 42.6kg (94lb) or 55,380t, according to the Puerto Rican Statistics Institute. ...
Jamaica’s cement shortage ends
Jamaica’s cement shortage has ended. According to the minister for Investment and Commerce in Jamaica, Senator Aubyn Hill, the Caribbean Cement Co Ltd (CCCL) has assured him ...
Cement demand in Panama contracts 3% in January-July 2024
Cement consumption in Panama was down 3.1 per cent to 752,427t in the January-July 2024 period from 776,126t in the 7M23, according to INEC, Panama’s national institute of stat...
US and Puerto Rican markets contract 13% in June
Shipments of Portland and blended cement in the USA and Puerto Rico, including imports, declined by 13.2 per cent to 9.34Mt in June 2024 when compared with June 2023, according...
Christian Dedeu named new Holcim general manager Mexico
Holcim Mexico SA de CV has appointed Christian Dedeu as its new general manager for Mexico. He will succeed Jaime Hill, who was appointed as the company’s regional head of No...
Cemex sells operations in Guatemala
Cemex announced that it has sold its operations in Guatemala to Holcim Group , for a total consideration of approximately US$200m, with the transaction signed and closed 1...
Argos Panama’s strive for carbon neutrality
Argos Panama (part of Cementos Argos SA ) is committed to making the construction of housing and infrastructure more sustainable. Gustavo Uribe, CEO of Argos Central America...