Colombia’s cement consumption expands 4% in February
Cement demand in Colombia grew 4.4 per cent YoY to 1.025Mt in February 2026 when compared with February 2025 when demand reached 0.982Mt, according to DANE, Colombia’s statistic...
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Brazil’s cement market expands 9% in March
Cement sales in Brazil improved 9.1 per cent YoY to 5.789Mt in March 2026 from 5.306Mt in March 2025, reports the country’s cement association, SNIC. The association attributes ...
Peruvian cement deliveries expand 17% in March 2026
Cement dispatches in Peru advanced by 16.8 per cent YoY to 1.117Mt in March 2026 from 0.957Mt in March 2025, according to the country’s cement association, ASOCEM. Of this total...
Argentina’s cement consumption grows 12% in March
Cement consumption in Argentina increased by 11.6 per cent to 825,930t in March 2026 from 740,195t in March 2025, according to the national cement association, AFCP. Of this tot...
Unacem Chile signs cement production agreement with Transex
Unacem has announced that its subsidiary, Unacem Chile, has signed an agreement with Cementos Transex to manufacture cement at the Puente Alto plant in Chile’s Metropolitan Regi...
Geocycle to invest US$125m in Latin America co-processing capacity
Geocycle, the waste management arm of Holcim , is reportedly planning to invest around US$125m in Latin America by 2030 to expand co-processing capacity and circular economy inf...
Holcim signals potential NYSE delisting for Pacasmayo
Holcim has indicated its intention to delist the shares of Cementos Pacasmayo from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), following its recent acquisition of a controlling stake in...
InterCement completes financial restructuring
InterCement Participações has announced the completion of the second closing step under the judicial reorganisation plan confirmed by the 1st Bankruptcy Court of São Paulo in De...
Grupo Argos plans split into two companies as it reshapes leadership
Colombia-based Grupo Argos has announced plans to separate its businesses into two independent listed companies as part of a broader strategy to improve efficiency and enhance s...
Unacem reports steady 2025 performance, advances decarbonisation goals
Unión Andina de Cementos SAA ( Unacem ), Peru’s largest cement producer, reported a 2.6 per cent increase in consolidated sales to PEN7.04bn (US$1.88bn) for FY2025, supported by...