Chilean cement sales up 8% in January
Cement sales in Chile, excluding imports, advanced by 7.6 per cent to 350,122t in January 2019 when compared to January 2018. In January 2018 sales by domestic producers reached...
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Chilean cement demand edges up in December 2018
Cement consumption in Chile increased 2.8 per cent from 359,116t in December 2017 to 369,291t in December 2018, according to the Chilean Chamber of Cement and Concrete (CCHC). I...
Cementos Mélon reports profit up 9% in 2018
Cementos Mélon saw an 8.9 per cent increase in profits to CLP9.067bn (US$13.7m) in 2018 but EBITDA fell 2.9 per cent to CLP28.572bn. The fall was attributed to lower sales of ce...
Cementos Bio Bio announces new plant in Peru
Chile's Cementos Bio Bio has announced that it will invest approximately US$20m in the construction of a new grinding plant at the Port of Matarani in southern Peru. The plant's...
Cemento Polpaico reports CLP2.1bn loss in 2018
Chilean cement producer Cemento Polpaico, in which the Hurtado Vicuña family holds the controlling stake, has reported net losses of CLP2.139bn (US$3.2m) in 2018, exacerbating n...
Chile's Colbun to supply renewable power to Polpaico
Cemento Polpaico SA (Chile) has signed a long-term renewable power supply contract with local power company Colbun. Through the agreement, Colbun will supply a total of 183GWh o...
Cementos Melón to invest in new capacity
Chile-based Cementos Melón has announced that it will open a new cement facility in Punta Arenas in the first half of 2020. The first stage of construction will see an investmen...
Chilean cement dispatches down 8% in September
Cement deliveries in Chile fell 7.5 per cent YoY and 10.8 per cent MoM to 307,015t in September 2018, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC). In September 2017 ...
Cementos Polpaico swings into black in 9M18
Chile-based Cementos Polpaico has reported revenues of CLP121.321bn (US$ 179.8m) in January-September 2018, representing a 25.9 per cent YoY increase. In addition, the company h...
Cementos Melon completes plant expansion
Chile-based Cementos Melon has completed the expansion of its Puerto Montt cement plant following an investment of US$25m. The project doubles the facility’s cement capacity to ...