Central America

FLSmdith's Central America contracts are now effective

FLSmidth has announced that the greenfield and brownfield contracts for plants in Central America are now effective, with the company receiving the agreed down payment. The two ...

Cementos Argos 1H results impacted by challenging Colombian market

Cementos Argos released its 2Q18 results this week with revenues up by 1.4 per cent at COP2.184trn (US$726bn) from COP2.154trn in 2Q17. The 1H18 revenue amounted to COP4.092trn,...

FLSmidth signs two large cement plant contracts in Central America

FLSmidth has been awarded two new contracts for greenfield and brownfield cement plants in Central America. Both US$100m+ contracts include design and engineering, equipment sup...

Cementos Argos sees falling volumes

Cementos Argos released its 1Q18 results this week , announcing revenues of COP1.9trn (US$670m), but cement sales fell by 4.1 per cent to 3.7Mt and ready-mix volumes by 7.5 per ...

Leading cement producers: 2017 overview

On the whole, 2017 was a year of growth for the world's leading cement producers. HeidelbergCement saw its revenues advance by 13.8 per cent YoY, while China's Anhui Conch repor...

Sika establishes El Salvador subsidiary

Sika is continuing to expand its presence in Central America and is setting up its 99th national subsidiary in El Salvador. The company will thus be represented by its own sales...

Cementos Progreso joins the CSI

Cementos Progreso of Guatemala has joined the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) as its first affiliate member, a new level created this year by CSI to expand its membership...

Argos sees challenges at home

A fragile but positive outlook Premium

While South America’s cement markets may have been considerably affected by the economic downturn, the Central American countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, ...

Trading places Premium

The Caribbean and central America region is a significant trading hub and for some cement producers active in the region it is of considerable strategic importance. In this repo...