Peruvian cement demand down 12% in September
The Peruvian cement market contracted by 12 per cent to 1.063Mt in September 2023 from 1.21Mt in September 2022, according to the national cement association, ASOCEM. Of this to...
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INC drops Paraguayan cement prices
The price of cement produced by Paraguay’s Industria Nacional del Cemento (INC) will be reduced by PYG2000/bag (US$0.27/bag) and by up to PYG40,000/t for bulk cement, according ...
Protecting natural water resources in the cement sector Premium
At the Santa Rosa cement plant in Colombia, CEMEX has adopted a sustainable approach to its production process. Instead of relying on water from the Teusacá River, the plant uti...
Colombian cement market contracts 7% in August
Cement consumption in Colombia declined 7.3 per cent to 1.103Mt in August 2023 from 1.19Mt in August 2022, according to the national statistics office, DANE. Contributing to thi...
Chile’s cement dispatches drop 18% in August
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 17.5 per cent drop in August 2023 to 247,238t from 299,855t in August 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the Januar...
Brazilian cement market contracts 2% in 9M23
Cement sales in Brazil declined by 4.6 per cent YoY to 5.222Mt in September 2023 from 5.476Mt, according to the Brazilian cement association, SNIC. High basic interest rates of ...
Argentina’s cement market contracts 8% in September
Cement consumption in Argentina fell by 7.8 per cent YoY to 1,118,042t in September 2023, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. Argentina’s total demand was met b...
Cemento Polpaico closes two concrete plants
Chile-based Cemento Polpaico announced the closure of two concrete plants in Quilín and Renca, Metropolitan Region, as well as the temporary halt of operations at the Aconcagua ...
Peru’s cement market contracts by 10% in August
Cement dispatches in Peru declined by 10 per cent YoY to 1.089Mt in August 2023 from1.211Mt in August 2022, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total,...
Chile’s dispatches increase 1% in July
Cement dispatches in Chile were up by 1.4 per cent YoY to 280,545t in July 2023 from 276,554t in July 2022, says the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. However, in the January-...