Argentina's cement market expands 20% in January
Cement demand in Argentina increased 20.1 per cent to 895,559t in January 2021 when compared with January 2020, when demand reached 745,681t, according to the country’s cement ...
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Chile’s cement dispatches down 7% in 2020
Chilean cement deliveries increased by 14 per cent YoY to 389,488t in November 2020 from 341,721t in the equivalent month in 2019. This was followed by a 7.7 per cent uptick in...
Cbb makes 2025 growth plan
Chile-based Cbb looks forward to 2025 with optimism, said the company’s Corporate General Manager, Enrique Elsaca Hirmas, after a year that saw the impact of the coronavirus pa...
Peru cement market expands 12% YoY in December
Domestic dispatches in Peru increased 12 per cent YoY from 0.979Mt in December 2019 to 1.098Mt in December 2020, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Cement...
Cement sales in Brazil advance 17% in December
Cement sales in Brazil totalled 4.7Mt, up 16.6 per cent YoY, according to the National Union of the Cement Industry (SNIC). However, per working day, sales declined 13.2 per ce...
Bolivian cement market expands 1% in October
Cement consumption in Bolivia edged up 0.8 per cent YoY to 382,944t in October 2020 from 379,781t in October 2019, according to Bolivia’s national statistics agency, INE. In th...
Argentine cement consumption surges 33% in December
Cement demand in Argentina has seen a 33.3 per cent rise to 976,939t in December 2020 from 732,734t in December 2019, according to AFCP, the country’s cement association. The ...
Colombian cement consumption up 4% in November
The Colombian cement market expanded 3.6 per cent to 1.122Mt in November 2020 when compared with 1.083Mt in November 2019, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. R...
Peru cement prices among lowest in Latin America
Capeco, the Peruvian construction chamber, reported that the average retail price for grey cement in Peru is around US$6.22 per 42.5kg bag – one of the lowest in Latin America....
Holcim completes Yocsina closure
LafargeHolcim has announced the definitive closure of the Yocsina plant in Córdoba’s Industrial Zone, Argentina, to focus its activity in Malagueño from 31 March 2021. In a n...