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…
In 2023, the annual cement production in Trinidad and Tobago slightly increased by +1.7% to 0,719 Mta, after 0.707 Mta. The cement capacity utilization increased to 59.9%.
In 2023, in Mexico the annual cement production by the integrated cement plants increased by 1.3% to 41.488 Mta after 40.946 Mta in 2022. * Please note, these data are from the Mexican Statistics Office and only include the production…
In 2024 Argentina’s cement dispatch started with a huge -20.0 % decline to 0.773 Mt, after 0.966 Mt last year. The decline is even higher than in the Corona year 2020, when the dispatch declined to -14.3%.
In the Dominican Republic in the period from January to September 2023 to cement production increased by +1.8% to 5.001 Mt, after 4.914 Mt same period in 2022. The 3.Q in saw the largest increase by +4.0%, while in the…
In 2023 in Mexico, the white cement production declined by -26.9% to 0.689 Mta, after 0.942 Mta in 2022, while the average ex-works cement price increased by +17.8% to 207.09 US$/t after 175.76 US$/t in 2022. Accordingly, the value of…
Brazil started into the new year with an increase by +0.6% in the cement dispatch. With 4.919Mt in January 2024 compared to 4.891 Mt in January 2023 the dispatch increased by 0.028 Mt, YoY.
In 2023 in Chile, the cement dispatch declined by -11.0% to 5.209 Mta, after 5.855 Mta in 2022. The dispatch even declined below the level of the COVID year in 2020. The cement capacity utilization declined from 67.3% in 2022…
In El Salvador, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement consumption increased by +1.6% YoY to 1.633 Mt. In November, the consumption increased by +27% YoY, which turned the accumulated consumption from minus -0.7% in October to…
In Bolivia, in the period from January to November 2023, the cement consumption increased by +4.9% to 3.626 Mt, after 3.458 Mt in the same period in 2022. Interestingly, alone in November 2023 the consumption increased by +22.7% YoY to…