After a YoY decline in the cement dispatch in January by -2.4%, in February the dispatch in Brazil increased in by +3.9% YoY to 4.624 Mt, which results in a plus of 0.6% in the accumulated data for the first…
In 2023, in Mexico the annual cement production by the integrated cement plants increased by +1.3% to 41.488 Mta. The production data from the integrated plants cab be used as a benchmark for Mexico’s total cement production. There has been…
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.
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.
InterCement Participações informed that during the last few months, the company has received a series of inquiries and expressions of interest in its assets in Brazil and Argentina. The company operates 15 cement plants with 17.2 Mta capacity in Brazil…
In Peru in January 2024 the cement production recovered with 0.924 Mt almost to last year’s level, after the massive annual decline in 2023 by -13.6%.
With its strategic investment of USD 55m at its Tabasco cement plant in Macuspana, Holcim Mexico will start for the first time the production of calcined clay cements (LC3) (we reported here 14.02.2024). However, Holcim did not release any information…
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…