The increase in prices of building materials including cement is leading to a reduction of at least eight per cent in infrastructure works planned by Mexico’s Infrastructure Secretariat for next year, according to Ricardo Martînez Terrazas of the Secretriat.

However, he said it has a minor impact as it mainly affects the construction of roads with hydraulic cement. “It is only a minor impact on road infrastructure as the key input is asphalt and we have not had any important increases, but in concrete-based works the prices rises have led to a reduction in planned works,” he said.