Chilean cement dispatches contract 13% in 2022
Chilean cement dispatches fell 16.9 per cent YoY to 310,073t in December 2022, reported the Chilean construction chamber, CChC. For the full year, deliveries were down 13.4 p...
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Votorantim Cimentos: decarbonisation through SCMs
The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in blended cements produced by Votorantim Cimentos has enabled the company to advance its decarbonisation journey. Blende...
Argentina’s cement market expands 9% in January
Argentine cement demand increased by 9.2 per cent YoY and 2.7 per cent MoM to 957,958t in January 2023, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. The market was en...
Colombian cement market expands 4% in 2022
Grey cement dispatches in Colombia slipped 1.1 per cent YoY to 1.122Mt in December 2022 from 1.135Mt in December 2021, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. Bagge...
Clinker unloading at Polpaico’s Mejillones terminal suspended
Clinker unloading at Cemento Polpaico ’s Mejillones terminal in northern Chile will remain suspended at least until 1 August 2023 as Terminal Mejillones SA carries out repai...
thyssenkrupp Quadropol order won for South American producer
A South American cement producer has once again chosen a thyssenKruppp Industrial Solutions quadropol® concept. The customer has been successfully operating a quadropol ® ver...
Chile’s cement dispatches fall 23% in November
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 22.9 per cent YoY drop to 300,800t in November 2022, according to the country’s construction chamber, CChC. In the January-November 2022 peri...
Peruvian cement market contracts 6% in December
Peru’s cement dispatches reached 1.092Mt in December 2022, representing a six per cent decline YoY from 1.159Mt, according to the country’s cement assocation, Asocem. Of this t...
Cementos Artigas commissions new grinding plant
Cementos Artigas has started up its new grinding and dispatch plant in Minas, Uruguay. The US$40m investment represents significant improvements in terms of cost efficiency a...
Colombian environment ministry recognises Argos carbon neutrality contribution
Colombia’s Ministry of Environmental and Sustainable Development has recognised cement producer Argos , part of Grupo Argos, as an active participant in the National Carbon Ne...