Ecuador cement dispatches rise 8.6% in July
Ecuador's cement dispatches increased 8.6 per cent MoM to 492,600t in July 2026, according to the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). Cement production rose five per cent MoM to 474,...
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Holcim Ecuador appoints new production manager at Guayaquil
Holcim Ecuador has welcomed Ivanoff Rojas, as the new production manager of its Guayaquil cement plant. A Peruvian national, Mr Rojas is a chemical engineer from the National Un...
UNACEM posts record EBITDA in 2024
Peru based cement producer UNACEM posted a record EBITDA of US$245m in 2024, representing an 11.1 per cent YoY increase and a margin of 24.2 per cent. UNACEM Peru and its energy...
Interbank extends US$60m credit line for Unacem Ecuador's energy efficiency project
Peru's Interbank extended a US$60m green credit line to Unacem Ecuador to finance the cement producer's energy efficiency optimisation project of one of its kilns. The sustainab...
Ecuador: en route to decarbonisation Premium
The Ecuadorian Cement and Concrete Institute (INECYC) recently launched its decarbonisation road map in collaboration with FICEM, the Interamerican cement federation. With the p...
Unacem US shipments surge in 2Q24
Peru-based Unacem saw its shipments jump by 96.4 per cent YoY to 324,000t in the 2Q24 following its acquisition of the Tehachapi cement plant in California, USA. "This significa...
UCEM acquires Ecuador’s Ecoluz SA
Gloria Group , through its subsidiary Unión Cementera Nacional SA (UCEM), has closed the purchase and sale contract for 99.998 per cent of Ecuador-based hydropower company Ecolu...
Unacem to invest US$300m to reduce its carbon footprint by 2030
Peru-based Unacem Group has published its Corporate Roadmap to 2030, setting a carbon emissions target of 1500kg of CO 2 /t of cement by 2030 in all its operations, representing...
Holcim expands digital customer platform
Holcim is expanding its proprietary digital customer platform, ConcreteDirect, from North America to Europe and Latin America. This expansion of the comprehensive digital platfo...
Ecuador completes first cement export contract
Ecuador has exported cement for the first time, delivering 32,660 to of cement in 16,330 Bigbags to Peru, according to a local news service. The consignment was supplied at the ...