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Peruvian cement market expands 9% in October

Peruvian cement market expands 9% in October

Peru’s cement consumption advanced 9.4 per cent YoY to 1.232Mt in October 2025 when compared with October 2024, when the level stood at 1.126Mt, according to the country’s ceme...

Brazil’s October cement demand sees 7% growth

Brazil’s October cement demand sees 7% growth

Cement consumption in Brazil advanced 7.2 per cent YoY to 6.307Mt in October 2025 from 5.885Mt in the equivalent period of the previous year, according to the Brazilian cement ...

Bolivian cement market contracts 5% in September

Bolivian cement market contracts 5% in September

Bolivian cement consumption retreated 4.9 per cent YoY to 336,777t in September 2025 from 353,970t in September 2024, according to the country’s statistics institute, INE.  ...

SOBOCE celebrates centenary

SOBOCE celebrates centenary

Bolivia-based SOBOCE is celebrating is centenary. Celebrations were held in the Chiquitano Hall of Fexpocruz, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra with more 500 guests, including autho...

Peruvian cement market expands 4% in August

Peruvian cement market expands 4% in August

In August 2025, cement sales in Peru increased 4.4 per cent YoY to 1.153Mt when compared with August 2024, when 1.105Mt were sold, reports ASOCEM, the national cement associati...

La Calera plant invests in waste tyre recycling

La Calera plant invests in waste tyre recycling

The municipality of Villa Mercedes (San Luis) has started reusing end-of-life tyres (ELTs) in cement production. A total of 10t of discarded tyres were recently collected at th...