Colombia’s local cement dispatch lower in Jan. 2024
Colombia’s local cement dispatch has been this January with 0.891 Mt-4.2% lower than in January last year with 0.930 Mt. This is now the 3rd year that the January dispatch is declining.
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Colombia with minus cement production start into 2024
Colombia started into the new year with a minus of -4,4% in the cement production with 1.001 Mt after 1.048 Mt in January 2023. The minus is the result of a lower cement demand in January.
Holcim Colombia buys clean power to reduce scope 2
Holcim is committed to the transition towards renewable energies. In Colombia, Holcim uses electrical energy from 100% renewable sources in its Nobsa cement plant (Boyacá) and the Puente Aranda concrete plant (Bogotá). The electricity is purchased from Colombia’s 2nd largest…
Colombia’s annual cement production slightly lower 2023
In Colombia, in 2023 the annual cement production declined by -2.7% to 14.211 Mta, after 14.811 Mta in 2022 and 13.797 Mta in 2021. The cement capacity utilization slightly from 76.9% in 2022 to 74.8% in 2023.
Colombia’s cement production further declined
In Colombia, in the period from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement production declined by -5.0% YoY to 11.957 Mt. In November the cement production declined by -6.8% to 1.112 Mt, after 1.194 Mt in November last year.
Colombia’s cement production improves from the decline
In Colombia, from January to October the accumulated cement production declined -4.8% to 10.845 Mt, after 11.391 Mt in the same period last year. However, in October there has been a little recovery with 1.262 Mt, which is an increase…
In Colombia the national cement dispatch in 3Q declined
In Colombia, in the first 3 quarters of 2023, the national cement dispatch, which is a benchmark for the cement consumption, declined by -5.5% to 9.583 Mt YoY, from 10.142 Mt in the first 3Q 2022. In the 3.Q 2023…
In Colombia the cement production declines at a lower pace
In Colombia, the cement production declined in the 3.Q 2023 with -1.4% and 3.661 Mt at a lower pace, when compared to the first two quarters in 2023. However, in the first 9 month of the year, the cement production…
Colombia will not reach cement production of last year
By August 2023, for this year, Colombia had an accumulated cement production of 9.285 Mt, which is -3.3% below the production level of last year. However, 2022 was a very good year, after the +24.5% YoY increase in 2021 and…
Cemento País started cement grinding at Tubaco plant
Cemento País started clinker grinding at its stand-alone Tubaco cement grinding plant in Tubaco on the North Coast of Colombia. The project represents an investment of more than US$ 20m and has a production capacity of 0.475 Mta, approximately 15%…