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Colombian cement market contracts 4% in October

Colombian cement market contracts 4% in October

Cement dispatches in Colombia declined by 3.6 per cent YoY in October 2024 to 1.074Mt from 1.114Mt in October 2023, reports the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bagged cement...

Cemento Melón sees net loss in 9M24

Cemento Melón sees net loss in 9M24

Cemento Melón posted a 2.1 YoY per cent drop in revenue to CLP180,309.39m (US$184.3m) in the 9M24. Operating costs increased by 6.8 per cent YoY to CLP133,468.444m, driven...

Yura improves Cementos Bío Bío offer

Yura improves Cementos Bío Bío offer

Following Mississippi Lime Co’s US$500m offer for a stake in Chile-based cement producer Cementos Bío Bío, Grupo Gloria-owned Yura has improved its initial offer of CLP1092...

Peru’s cement market expands 3% in October

Peru’s cement market expands 3% in October

Cement dispatches in Peru increased by three per cent YoY to 1.117Mt in October 2024 from 1.083Mt in October 2023, according to Peru’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total...

Colombian 9M dispatches down 6%

Colombian 9M dispatches down 6%

Cement dispatches in Colombia fell by 11.4 per cent to 1.003Mt in September 2024 from 1.131Mt in September 2023, according to the country's statistics office, DANE. This follow...

Sale of Loma Negra on track to be completed

Sale of Loma Negra on track to be completed

Loma Negra , Argentina, moves closer to a new Brazilian owner. The sale of Loma Negra has added a new chapter and seems to be more on track to completion. The Argentinean comp...

US group offers US$500m for Cementos Bío Bío

US group offers US$500m for Cementos Bío Bío

Chile-based Cementos Bío Bío revealed that on 29 May it received an offer from US group Mississippi Lime Co to acquire 100 per cent of the company and that the shareholders a...