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...
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Brazil's SNIC urges short-term caution with sunnier outlook from 2022
Commenting on the latest consumption data of the Brazilian cement market, the country’s cement association, SNIC cautioned against too much optimism for 2021: “The cuts in the f...
Brazil's cement sales up 27% in April
Brazilian cement sales surged 26.5 per cent YoY to 5.3Mt in April, according to the domestic cement association, SNIC. Domestic sales Sales within Brazil saw a 25.8 per cent upt...
Loma Negra posts 35% revenue surge
Argentina’s Loma Negra has seen its net revenue surge 35.4 per cent YoY to ARS13,175m (US$143m) in the first quarter of 2021, against ARS9734m in the year-ago period, mainly on ...
Bolivian cement market contracts 13% in February
Bolivia’s cement consumption slipped 13.3 per cent from 262,895t in February 2020 to 228,018t in February 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, INE. Output from do...
Colombian cement consumption advances 61% in March
Cement sales in Colombia increased 60.7 per cent to 1.189Mt in March 2021 from 0.74Mt in March 2020, according to DANE, the country’s statistics office. Sales in the retail sect...
Argentina's cement market shows 135% YoY growth
Cement demand in Argentina surged 134.6 per cent YoY to 956,373t in April 2021, according to the country’s cement association, AFCP. However, this does compare to the low base o...
CSN reports stable quarterly cement performance
Brazil-based cement producer CSN said 1Q21 net revenue for its cement division reached BRL277m (US$50.9m). The company said this was a “stable performance compared to the previo...
Fitch revises Votorantim Cimentos' outlook to stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Votorantim Cimentos SA's (VCSA) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings at 'BBB-' and revised the rating outlook to ‘stable’ from...
Ecebol plant to produce 0.573Mt of cement in 2021
State-run Ecebol expects its plant in Oruro, Bolivia, to produce 0.573Mt of cement in 2021, according to Jose Luis Jimenez, the company’s manager. It is forecast to achieve sale...