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Peru market expands at slower rate

Peru market expands at slower rate

Cement dispatches in Peru increased 7.45 per cent YoY to 9,408,853t between January and November 2013, according to the its cement association Asocem. The latest figures confirm...

Colombia: market expands 6.9% in November

Colombia: market expands 6.9% in November

Grey cement production in Colombia during November 2013 totalled 1.02Mt, a 9.6 per cent increase when compared with the same month of the previous year.

Peru’s Jan-Nov demand advances 7.5% YoY

Peru’s Jan-Nov demand advances 7.5% YoY

Cement dispatches in Peru fell from 939,135t in October to 896,600t in November. However, the country’s cement companies produced 920,636t, up from 916,774t the previous month a...

Ecuador cement sales continue upward trend

Ecuador cement sales continue upward trend

Ecuador cement sales continued their upward trend in November, rising by 5.9 per cent YoY, latest statistics from local cement association, Inecyc, show. During November 2013 sa...

Loma Negra to proceed with San Juan plant

Loma Negra to proceed with San Juan plant

Loma Negra has Loma Negra approved the construction of a new cement plant in San Juan, according to the Argentine cement producer’s manager, Osvaldo Schütz.

Cement demand in Argentina advances 19%

Cement demand in Argentina advances 19%

In October 2013, Argentinean cement plants shipped 1,151,413t of cement, including exports, representing a 9.5 per cent increase compared to the previous month and a 16.2 per ce...

FICEM-APCAC XXX Peru 2013

FICEM-APCAC XXX Peru 2013

Peru, currently home to one of the world’s fastest-growing cement markets, played host to the annual FICEM-APCAC Technical Congress on 2-4 September 2013 at the Delfines Hotel a...

Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo net profit up 4.1%

Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo net profit up 4.1%

Cementos Pacasmayo saw its net income increase by 4.1 per cent to PEN48.8m (US$17.6m) in the third quarter compared to the same period of 2012. Consolidated EBITDA rose by 17.6 ...