Argos triples port capacity Premium
Cementos Argos recently inaugurated a second port terminal in Cartagena, Colombia. The project is part of the company’s wider port expansion project and represents the Latin Ame...
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Argos launches Super UHPC
Argos ( Argos group ) has launched an innovative and highly-specialised product called Super UHPC. This ultra-high performance concrete is already being used to rehabilitate two...
Colombian cement market expands 35% in May
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia advance by 35.2 per cent to 1.104Mt in May 2022 from 0.816Mt in May 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. When compared wi...
Colombia sees 4% increase in cement sales in April
Colombian cement dispatches saw a 3.7 per cent YoY uptick to 1.089Mt in April 2022 from 1.051Mt in April 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Of this total ...
Gilinski launches offer for sizeable Grupo Argos stake
In Colombia business tycoon Jaime Gilinski has launched a public acquisition offer for a sizeable stake in Grupo Argos. Mr Gilinski is seeking a stake of 26-32.5 per cent of Arg...
Inflationary pressures impact Argos results in the 1Q22
Argos ( Grupo Argos ) reports its 1Q22 generated record revenues of COP2.6trn (US$637.8m), up 11.2 per cent, and EBITDA of COP359bn, 17.8 per cent lower than in the 1Q21, mainly...
The low-carbon cement bet Premium
Cementos Argos has developed a low-carbon cement using alkaline activation technology to formulate hybrid cements. This type of green cement allows the increased use of suppleme...
Colombian cement market expands 6% in March
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia increased 5.7 per cent to 1.257Mt in March 2022 from 1.189Mt in March 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. When compared ...
Argos recycles 10.9Mm3 of water in 2021
Argos ( Grupo Argos ) recycled 10.9Mm 3 of water during 2021, which represents 91 per cent of recirculation and is equivalent to the average consumption of 60,000 families per y...
Fitch: Colombia's positive cement cycle partially mitigates inflationary impacts
Fitch Ratings has said Colombian cement companies face a challenging operating environment as rising commodity and energy prices, global supply chain disruptions and political u...