Chile: Cemento Polpaico to invest in solar power project
Cemento Polpaico plans to invest US$42m in a 20MW solar power project, to be installed next to its plant in Tiltil municipality, Chile.
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Cemento Melón cuts investments to US$15m due to 10% sales decline
Chile’s Cemento Melón has seen sales drop by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2014. "Earlier this year we estimated that we would at least maintain 2013 sales, but in the fir...
Bío-Bío shares up 17% after Chilean earthquake
Shares of Cementos Bío-Bío rose 16.73 per cent to CLP600 on the Santiago Stock Exchanges in antipication of an increase in cement demand due to the earthquake that struck northe...
Chile: Cementos BioBio to use fly ash
Cementos BioBio’s Antofagasta works in the north of Chile and E-CL have signed a contract to use fly ash in the production of cement.
Cementos Bío Bío appoints new CEO, Chile
Chilean cement firm Cementos Bío Bío has appointed Iñaki Otegui as CEO effective 1 August 2013, the company said in a filing to local securities and insurance regulator. Otegui ...
Cementos Bio Bio raises output 8% in 2012
Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio increased its production by eight per cent YoY from 1.5Mt to 1.6Mt in 2012.
Latin American cement demand rises in 2Q2012
Cement consumption in the second quarter in major Latin American economies closely reflected the current economic cycle and countries such as Peru, Bolivia and Chile stood out f...
Chile notes 12 per cent increase in construction activity
Chile’s monthly index of construction activity, Imacon, registered a 12 per cent YoY rise in August, surpassing the 0.72 per cent increase noted in July. Javier Hurtado, directo...
Dangote sets sights beyond Africa
Dangote Cement is expanding out of Africa. While its chairman Aliko Dangote remains firmly committed to the continent and its 40Mta production capacity owned by the company, he ...
Mixed results for Chilean producers
Two of Chile’s top cement producers have reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2012.