Argos to collect 5000 waste tyres per month in Honduras
Colombia’s Argos will collect around 5000 waste tyres per month in Choluteca, Honduras, and transport them to Comayagua for disposal at its Piedras Azules cement plant. Cementos...
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Loesche acquires Dynamis
Loesche has welcomed to its fold Brazil-based Dynamis, a company specialised in combustion and industrial processes since its foundation in 2003. “The Dynamis name is synonymous...
Argos recycles 180t of bags in 2021
Through its Sacos Verdes (Green Bags) programme, Colombia-based cement producer Argos has recycled around 180t of cement packaging in 2021, the equivalent to stop cutting more t...
INC restarts clinker production
Following three days of stoppage to change one of the raw mill motors, Paraguay’s Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC) has resumed clinker production, said Ernesto Benítez, presi...
Peruvian cement market expands 2% in October
Domestic cement deliveries in Peru edged up two per cent to 1.264Mt in October 2021 when compared with October 2020, according to Peruvian cement association, Asocem. Its member...
Fancesa signs agreement to export to Paraguay
Bolivia-based Fábrica Nacional de Cemento SA (Fancesa) and a Paraguayan construction company reached an agreement to export cement to the South American country. The cement prod...
Venezuelan cement industry sees 10% capacity utilisation rate
Venezuela’s cement industry is currently producing around 1Mta, or 10 per cent of its nominal capacity, according to the President of the Cement Workers Federation (Fetracemento...
Venezuela to export to Caribbean
Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro Moros, has approved the Cement Export Plan 2022 as part of the country’s aim to diversify its economy. The plan also foresees the export of...
October sales down 10% in Brazil
While year-to-date sales of cement in Brazil continue to be high in the period until October 2021, October’s stand-alone result has been seen as the worst of the year, according...
Loma Negra reports 9% increase in 3Q revenue
Argentina’s Loma Negra has reported an 8.5 per cent YoY increase in revenue to ARS17,800m (US$176m) in the third quarter of 2021, against ARS16,399m in the comparable period of ...