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Chile's cement demand contracts 15% in October

Chile's cement demand contracts 15% in October

Cement demand in Chile has dropped by 15 per cent to 348,665t in October 2022, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC). In October 2021 cement demand reached 41...

Peru’s cement market contracts 2% in November

Peru’s cement market contracts 2% in November

Cement dispatches in Peru declined by two per cent in November 2022 to 1.167Mt from 1.185Mt in November 2021, reports domestic cement association, Asocem. Of this total, 1.119M...

Brazil's cement market contracts 1% in November

Brazil's cement market contracts 1% in November

Cement sales in Brazil slipped 0.8 per cent YoY to 5.3Mt in November 2022, according to the Brazilian cement association,  SNIC. In the January-November 2022 period sales dec...

Colombia’s cement dispatches up 5% in 10M22

Colombia’s cement dispatches up 5% in 10M22

Cement dispatches in the Colombian market decreased by 2.4 per cent to 1.123Mt in October 2022 from 1.15Mt in the year-ago period, according to the country’s statistics office,...

Cement demand in Argentina up 9% in 11M22

Cement demand in Argentina up 9% in 11M22

Cement consumption in Argentina saw a 0.2 per cent uptick in November 2022 to 1,144,153t when compared with November 2022, when the market absorbed 1,142,127t, according to the...

Winning carbon reduction strategies

Winning carbon reduction strategies

At its Santa Rosa plant in Colombia, CEMEX is harnessing the plant’s proximity to suppliers of alternative raw materials and hydropower sources to reduce the clinker factor in ...

Empresas Melón to close Peñalolén plant

Empresas Melón to close Peñalolén plant

Chile-based Empresas Melón has announced the closure of its ready-mix concrete plant in Peñalolén, near Santiago. The company, owned by the Brescia group, attributes the closur...

InterCement posts 17% sales increase in 3Q22

InterCement posts 17% sales increase in 3Q22

InterCement has reported cement and clinker sales of 5.494Mt in the third quarter of 2022, up 1.2 per cent on the same quarter a year earlier (3Q21: 5.428Mt). Total sales ove...

Brazil’s cement sales see slight dip in October

Brazil’s cement sales see slight dip in October

Cement sales in Brazil slipped 0.6 per cent to 5.356Mt in October 2022 when compared to October 2021 when sales reached 5.387Mt, according to the country’s cement association, ...