Latin America

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 Cemex's climate action strategy

Cemex's climate action strategy

Cemex hosted its Climate Action webinar on Thursday 3 December 2020. It included an outline of how Cemex was looking to achieve its 2030 roadmap to reduce CO 2 emissions and the...

Howden’s successful retrofit in South America

Howden’s successful retrofit in South America

Early in 2020, Howden responded to a call from a cement plant in Brazil to retrofit a fan for reduced energy consumption. This retrofit project would involve replacing the rotor...

Cementos Argos' EBITDA grows 10% in 3Q20

Cementos Argos' EBITDA grows 10% in 3Q20

Argos (Grupo Argos) delivered satisfactory results during the third quarter, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The company reported an improvement in EBITDA despite the impact on volu...

LafargeHolcim restarts Pedro Leopoldo kiln lines

LafargeHolcim restarts Pedro Leopoldo kiln lines

After four years, LafargeHolcim has restarted the two kiln lines at its Pedro Leopoldo plant in Brazil. The work to resume the kiln Line 1 involved more than 100 professionals f...

Brazil extends its recovery in spite of pandemic

Brazil extends its recovery in spite of pandemic

Brazil's cement market has seen a dramatic change in recent years with growth leading to a record production of 72.5Mt in 2014. However, this was followed by the country's bigge...