Cemex board Chairman, Rogelio Zambrano, has stated that Cemex would be happy to give estimates for the supply of cement to companies building the US-Mexico border wall, Reuters reports.

Last Friday the US government said that it would release a request on or around 6 March, inviting companies to submit designs for the new wall.

"If one of our clients asks us for a quote for materials, we have the responsibility to do it," a Cemex spokesman said but added that no such request had yet been made.