La Calera plant invests in waste tyre recycling
The municipality of Villa Mercedes (San Luis) has started reusing end-of-life tyres (ELTs) in cement production. A total of 10t of discarded tyres were recently collected at the...
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Bolivian cement demand drops 13% in August
Cement consumption in Bolivia fell 12.8 per cent to 320,998t in August 2025 from 368,241t in August 2024, according the Bolivia’s statistics institute, INE. The decline of deman...
Brazil’s cement sales improve 5% in September
Cement sales in the Brazilian market improved by 4.6 per cent YoY in September 2025, increasing to 6.068Mt from 5.801Mt in September 2024, according to the country’s cement asso...
Itacamba, Emacruz turn waste tyres into cement fuel
Bolivian cement producer Itacamba Cemento and the Municipal Cleaning Company (Emacruz) of Santa Cruz de la Sierra have signed an agreement to convert thousands of end-of-life ty...
Colombia’s cement market sees 1% uptick in August
Colombia’s cement market expanded by 0.7 per cent YoY to 1.082Mt in August 2025 from 1.074Mt in August 2024, according to national statistics agency, DANE. Bulk cement sales dec...
Argentina’s cement market expands 7% in 9M25
Cement consumption in Argentina edged up by 0.6 per cent YoY to 917,811t in September 2025 from 912,724t, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. Argentina’s cement...
Cementos Pacasmayo plans production reform at La Libertad plant
Cementos Pacasmayo has submitted a proposal to Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) to modernise operations at its 2.9Mta La Libertad facility with a new “Separate Grinding” ...
Cement leaders open FICEM 2025 with call for sustainability
The 2025 FICEM (Inter-American Cement Federation) Technical Conference opened in Lima, Peru, on 15 September with a united call from industry leaders and policymakers to advance...
Bolivian cement consumption up 14% in July
Cement demand in Bolivia advanced 14.4 per cent YoY to 371,762t in July 2025 when compared with July 2024 when demand reached 325,082t, according to the national statistics inst...
Yura sells stake in Chile’s Cementos Bio Bio for US$100M
Peruvian company Yura, a subsidiary of Grupo Gloria, has sold its 19.71 per cent stake in Chilean cement producer Cementos Bio Bio (CBB) to Belgium’s Carmeuse Holding for more t...