CSN reports cement revenues of BRL259m in 3Q20
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) reported 3Q20 results for its cement division with net revenue of BRL259m (US$46.2m), up 50 per cent QoQ due to higher sales volumes, which ...
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Briones sisters sell Bío Bío stake to Gloria Group
Anita and Loreto Briones Goich of ALB SpA have sold their entire 19 per cent stake in Cementos Bío Bío, the cement company founded by their father, Hernán Briones Gorostiaga in ...
INC raises cement price
Paraguayan cement producer INC has increased the price of a bag of cement by PYG2500 (US$0.42). The company is now selling cement for PYG39,800/bag. The company has attributed t...
Peru's cement producers see 10% rise in local dispatches in September
Cement consumption in Peru remained largely stable at 1.018Mt in September 2020 when compared with August 2020 and increased 10 per cent YoY. Of this total, local dispatches acc...
Brazil sees robust cement consumption growth in September
Cement sales in Brazil saw a 21.4 per cent hike to 5.8Mt in September 2020 when compared with September 2019, according to SNIC, the country’s cement association. Sales per work...
Argentine cement consumption advances 11% in September
Cement demand in Argentina increased 10.5 per cent to 1,037,499t in September 2020, as shown by the monthly report of the country’s cement association, AFCP. This demand was ent...
Colombian cement market contracts 4% in August
Cement dispatches in Colombia slipped 4.3 per cent to 1.052Mt in August 2020 from 1.099Mt in August 2019, according to the country’s statistics office, DANE. The fall in consump...
Cement dispatches in Peru largely stable
Cement dispatches in Peru slipped 0.1 per cent YoY but increased 12.9 per cent MoM to 0.933Mt in August 2020, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Domestic pro...
Corporación Socialista del Cemento accepts Petro cryptocurrency
Cement for construction projects in Venezuela supplied by Corporación Socialista del Cemento (CSC) can now be paid for with the country’s cryptocurrency, Petro. The government o...
Cement sales in Brazil increase 14% in August
Cement sales in Brazil continued to rise in August with a 13.6 per cent YoY increase to 5.7Mt, reported the country’s cement association, SNIC. Per working day, sales reached 24...