Cemex joins initiative to lift Latin American living standards
Cemex has joined the "100,000 Pisos Para Jugar" ("100,000 Floors to Play") initiative alongside Habitat for Humanity and the Inter-American Cement Federation (FICEM). The initia...
South America
745 posts · Page 25 of 75
Votorantim invests US$12m in Oural solid fuel plant
Votorantim Cementos España (VCE) plans to build a US$12m solid recovered fuel (SRF) facility in its integrated plant in Oural , Spain, according to the newspaper El Progreso. Th...
Votorantim appoints new executive VP of finance and investor relations
Votorantim Cimentos SA announced on 2 September 2024, its appointment of Antonio Miguel Sousa Pelicano to the position of executive vice president of finance and investor relati...
Colombia’s cement dispatches stable in July
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia remained stable at 1.051Mt in July 2024, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bulk dispatches expanded by 1.9 per cent YoY, but...
Cementos Bio Bio reports sees 2Q profit surge
Chile-based Cementos Bio Bio SA (CBB) reported sales of CLP84.283bn (US$92.2m) in the second quarter of 2024, up 2.1 per cent from CLP82.569bn in the year-ago period. Profit bef...
Colombia’s drive to decarbonise Premium
As green shoots appear in the Colombian economy and the construction sector looks forward to new growth, particularly in the civil works sector, cement companies are hoping they...
Cemex to co-process Manuelita agro-industrial wastes
Regenera, Cemex's business for waste valorisation, has entered an agreement with Colombia-based Manuelita to transform sugar industry waste into alternative raw materials in the...
Cemex Columbia sets water management standards for cement production
Cemex Columbia has announced that 90 per cent of the water that is required for cement production at its Santa Rosa plant is drawn from non-fresh water sources, setting a benchm...
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...
Brazil's cement market expands 7% in July
Domestic cement sales in Brazil saw a 6.9 per cent YoY advance to 5.848Mt in July 2024 from 5.472Mt in July 2023, reports the country's cement association, SNIC. Sales volumes b...