CSN Cimento is closing in on Brazilian plant acquisition
Brazilian steelmaker CSN is in talks to acquire Cimento Elizabeth for roughly US$250m, the Valor Economico newspaper reports. CSN confirmed the negotiations, without disclosing ...
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Chile’s cement market expands 32% in April
Cement dispatches in Chile saw a 31.5 per cent hike to 352,817t in April 2021 when compared with 268,319t in April 2020, according to the Chilean Chamber of Construction, CChC. ...
Fancesa considers lowering prices
Bolivia-based Fancesa is looking to lower prices to improve its sales and is changing its selling practices. "Our cement is the most expensive in the entire national territory,"...
Argentina's cement market expands 35% YoY in May
Cement consumption in Argentina declined 7.8 per cent MoM to 874,187t in May 2021 but surged 34.8 per cent YoY from 648,543t in May 2020, according to AFCP, the national cement ...
Colombian demand more than triples in April
Colombia’s grey cement market expanded by 333.5 per cent in April 2021 as demand reached 1.051Mt, according to the country’s statistics agency, DANE. In April 2020 consumption f...
Cecon plant to enter service in August 2022
Cementos Concepción (Cecon) in Paraguay has completed around 70 per cent of the civil engineering works at its new plant, according to Esmerk Latin American News. The 1.03Mta pl...
Bolivian cement market expands 51% in March
Cement consumption in Bolivia reached 290,525t in March 2021, up 50.8 per cent when compared with 192,670t in March 2020, according the country’s national statistics office, INE...
Holcim Argentina inaugurates US$120m new line
Holcim Argentina has inaugurated a new line at its Malagueño plant in Cordoba, following an investment of around US$120m. The project included the construction of a new kiln lin...
Chile’s cement demand increases 12% in March
Chilean cement consumption saw a 12 per cent YoY hike to 385,276t in March 2021 when compared with March 2020, when demand reached 344,098t, according to the Chilean Chamber of ...
Cement dispatches from Peru rise to 0.985Mt in April
Cement dispatches from Peru in April surged to 0.985Mt in April 2021 from a low base of 0.011Mt in April 2020 when the country was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according t...