Cemento Melón expects to bring online Punta Arenas plant by June
Chile-based Cemento Melón expects to see its new US$30m Punta Arenas grinding plant to be commissioned by June 2021, reports La Prensa Austral. The plant is located 8.5km north ...
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UNACEM reports improved 4Q but decline in 2020
Peruvian cement producer Unión Andina de Cementos (UNACEM) saw its revenues advance by 16.2 per cent YoY in the 4Q20, driven by a 14.5 per cent increase in dispatches in Peru wi...
Colombian cement market stable in January
Cement consumption in Colombia slipped 0.3 per cent from 994,700t in January 2020 to 992,200t in January 2021, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. Output from th...
Cementos Argos' 4Q20 regional results
Following yesterday’s financial results , Colombia’s Cementos Argos has also reported its regional breakdown for the final quarter and full year of 2020. USA region The company’...
Cementos Argos reports 16% rise in EBITDA
Colombia's Cementos Argos has reported an adjusted EBITDA of COP448bn (US$125.66m) in the final quarter of 2020, an increase of 16.3 per cent YoY compared to COP385bn in the yea...
Melón and Enel Generación sign renewable energy contract
Chile-based Cemento Mélon has signed a contract with Enel Generación for the supply of clean and renewable energy in four of Mélon’s operations: the La Calera, Ventanas and Puer...
Uruguayan market expands by 8% in 2020
Cement sales in Uruguay increased 34.6 per cent YoY to 251,000t in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the country’s chamber of industry, CIU. Of this total, 89 per cent or...
Fancesa secures US$72m contract
Bolivia-based cement company Fabrica Nacional de Cemento (Fancesa) has been awarded the US$72m contract to supply over 582,000t of cement needed to build Nueva Santa Cruz Ciudad...
Peruvian demand up 18% YoY in January
Cement dispatches in Peru increased 18 per cent YoY to 1.059Mt in January 2021 from 0.895Mt in January 2020, reports Peruvian cement association, Asocem. Its members increased t...
Cementos Pacasmayo sees 27% revenue increase in 4Q20
Peru’s Cementos Pacasmayo has announced a 27.1 per cent rise in revenue to PEN475.3m (US$130.4m) in the 4Q20, compared with PEN374m in the final quarter of 2019. Consolidated EB...