Brazilian cement demand slips in July
Cement sales in Brazil decreased by 0.5 per cent YoY to 5.476Mt in July 2023 from 5.503Mt in the year-ago period, according to the national cement association, SNIC. While th...
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Colombian cement dispatches decline 8% in June
Colombia cement dispatches were down 7.5 per cent to 1.033Mt in June 2023 when compared with 1.117Mt in June 2022, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Output ...
Argos receives US$272m sustainability-linked loan
Colombia’s Banco de Bogotá has disbursed a US$272m sustainability-linked loan to Cementos Argos . The agreement allows a gradual reduction in interest rate subject to the ceme...
Cementos Pacasmayo sees 9% drop in 2Q net profit
Peru-based Cementos Pacasmayo reported a 12.1 per cent YoY drop in revenues to PEN442m (US$123.4m) in the second quarter of 2023, due to a drop in demand, which was affected ...
CEMEX celebrates 25 years of Patrimonio Hoy
Patrimonio Hoy, the flagship of CEMEX ’s social impact strategy, celebrated 25 years of transforming people's lives on 19 July, 2023. Launched in Mexico in 1998, the programme...
Brazilian cement demand up 1% in June
Brazil’s cement market expanded by 1.4 per cent YoY to 5.253Mt in June 2023 from 5.182Mt in June 2022, according to the country’s cement association, SNIC. “Brazil's economy i...
Colombian cement consumption up 2% in May
Colombia’s cement market expanded by 2.1 per cent YoY to 1.126Mt in May 2023 from 1.104Mt in May 2022, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. Sales to ready-mix ...
CEMEX's conservation programmes gain WHC certification
CEMEX programmes across ten locations worldwide have earned the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) Conservation Certification. The recognitions were unveiled during the WHC Con...
Chile’s cement demand contracts 4% in May 2023
Chilean cement dispatches declined 3.5 per cent YoY to 318,599t in May 2023 from 330,114t in May 2022, according to the national construction chamber, CChC. However, when compa...
Argentina's cement market expands 1% in 1H23
Cement dispatches in Argentina declined by 2.1 per cent YoY to 1,080,422t in June 2023 from 1,104,066t in June 2022, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. When c...