Argos Panamá submits EIS for Balboa clinker plant
Argos Panamá SA has submitted an environmental impact study for its Balboa project to the country’s Environment Ministry. The new clinker plant will be built on a 18ha plot in B...
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Panama improves cement quality requirements and standards
Panama’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Ramón Martínez, signed two ministerial resolutions aimed at improving the requirements and standards of cement quality, both for domesti...
China accounts for 15% of Central American cement imports
In the first half of 2018, Central America’s largest importing country was Nicaragua, which purchased cement from overseas sources to the value of US$28m, followed by Guatemala ...
Panama cement market forecast to contract by 13%
Cement consumption in Panama is expected to fall by 13 per cent this year due to the economic slowdown, the strike by the trade union of construction workers, Suntracs, and a de...
Cemex Latin American Holdings hurt by lower volumes in Colombia and Panama
Cemex Latin American Holdings' turnover declined by 8.4 per cent in first quarter of the year to US$301.1m, while EBITDA came off by 28.8 per cent to US$65.9m. At the trading le...
Cemex Latin American Holdings depressed by Colombia
Cemex Latin American Holdings saw turnover decline by 5.5 per cent to US$1315.3m and EBITDA fell by 26.7 per cent to US$310.8m, with the margin coming down from 32.2 to 25 per c...
A fragile but positive outlook Premium
While South America’s cement markets may have been considerably affected by the economic downturn, the Central American countries of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, ...
Argos Board approves sale 20% stake in Argos Panamá
The Board of Cementos Argos has approved the sale of 20 per cent of shares of Argos Panama for the sum of US$126m.
Cementos Argos 2Q16 US results remain strong
For the second quarter Cementos Argos' cement volumes decreased by 1.9 per cent, totalling 3.5Mt, as a result of a challenging market environment in Colombia. These results were...
Seizing opportunities Premium
Cementos Argos has expanded rapidly over the last decade from a local Colombian company to a multinational cement, concrete and aggregates player, competing successfully in a gl...