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Cemex reports 10% rise in 4Q20 cement volumes

Cemex reports 10% rise in 4Q20 cement volumes

Cemex S AB de CV reports that in the 4Q20 EBITDA grew by double-digit growth YoY. Consolidated net sales increased by nine per cent to US$3.537bn, an increase of one per cent fo...

Bolivian cement demand advances 21% in November

Bolivian cement demand advances 21% in November

The Bolivian cement market expanded by 20.9 per cent to 342,743t in November 2020 from 283,404t in November 2019, according to the country’s statistics institute, INE. However, ...

Argentina's cement market expands 20% in January

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 a...

Chile’s cement dispatches down 7% in 2020

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

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 pan...

Peru cement market expands 12% YoY in December

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 pr...

Cement sales in Brazil advance 17% in December

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 cen...

Bolivian cement market expands 1% in October

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 the...