Peru’s cement market contracts 2% in September
Cement dispatches in Peru slipped by two per cent YoY to 1.06Mt in September 2024 from 1.081Mt in September 2023, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Of this ...
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Peruvian market shows stability in August
Peruvian cement dispatches in August 2024 remained stable at 1.101Mt when compared with August 2023, reports the country's cement association, Asocem. Of this total, 1.005Mt was...
Peruvian cement dispatches see minor slip in July
Cement dispatches in Peru slipped by 0.4 per cent YoY to 1.022Mt in July 2024 from 1.026Mt in July 2023, according to the Peruvian cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total, its...
Yura to install Line 3 AF handling equipment
Cemento Yura SA , part of the Gloria Group , plans to install a new system for the reception, storage, dosage and transportation of alternative fuels for the third kiln line at ...
Holcim strengthens Peru presence
Holcim has acquired Peru-based Comacsa and Mixercon for a total value of US$100m. Comacsa is the country’s leading producer of industrial minerals and white cement. Founded in 2...
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...
Cementos Pacasmayo reports stable net profit in 1H24
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo SAA reported a 3.4 per cent uptick in income to PEN457.1m in the second quarter of 2024 from PEN442m in the 2Q23, supported by the sales mix as con...
Peru’s cement market contracts 6% in June
Cement dispatches in Peru declined by 5.9 per cent YoY to 0.924Mt in June 2024 from 0.928Mt in June 2023, according to ASOCEM, the Peruvian cement association. Of this total, di...
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...