Cemex sells Panama operations, expands aggregates business in US
Cemex announced it has completed the sale of its operations in Panama to Grupo Estrella for an enterprise value of approximately US$200m, equivalent to around 12 times adjusted ...
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Cemex pays US$1.177bn for resource extraction
Cemex said it paid approximately US$1.177bn in 2024 for resource extraction in the country where it operates. The payments are made by Cemex to the governments of different coun...
Puerto Rico’s cement market expands 8% in August
Puerto Rican cement sales in August 2025 improved 8.2 per cent YoY to 56,444.1t (or 1,325,000 bags of 42.6kg/94lb), when compared with August 2024, when 52,183.8t were sold, acc...
Cruz Azul breaks ground on new Campeche cement plant
Cooperativa la Cruz Azul has officially begun construction of its new cement plant in Seybaplaya, Campeche, marking a major step in the company’s expansion. The groundbreaking c...
Cement leaders open FICEM 2025 with call for sustainability
The 2025 FICEM (Inter-American Cement Federation) Technical Conference opened in Lima, Peru, on 15 September with a united call from industry leaders and policymakers to advance...
Ultracem Guatemala launches 6500 PSI bag
Ultracem Cement Guatemala has unveiled its latest innovation, the 6500 PSI structural cement bag, the most resistant product in the local market, aimed at projects requiring max...
US blended shipments bucking the downward trend
Total shipments of Portland and blended cement, including imports, in the US and Puerto Rico amounted to 8.912Mt in May, down 7.5 per cent YoY from the 9.638Mt recorded in May 2...
Cemento Moctezuma targets major CO2 reduction by 2030
Mexico-based producer Cemento Moctezuma has announced a 2030 sustainability roadmap aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions to less than 500kg per tonne of cement. The plan i...
Cemento Moctezuma invests MXN270m in alternative fuels
Mexico-based Cemento Moctezuma , part of Molins , has commissioned a MXN240m (US$12.9m) waste processing system at its Tepetzingo plant to increase alternative fuel use and, in ...
Molins reports 9% decrease in 1H net profit
Molins posted a revenue of EUR659m (US$754.4m) for the first half of 2025, down five per cent YoY as takings were affected by the depreciation of the Mexican and Argentinian cur...