Mexico’s environmental regulator PROFEPA has fined Cementos Moctezuma’s Tepetzingo plant MXN3.346m (US$179,795) over a breach in environmental regulations. In addition, the cement producer is required to shut down its second production line as a temporary measure.

According to the Attorney General's Office, the company did not have a valid authorisation for the installed capacity, which resulted in unfair competition."The production capacity that was authorised at the time, when its authorisation expired, was 2.2Mta,” he added.

"At the time of the visit, the inspectors of the PROFEPA detected an increase in the installed capacity of cement production of the Tepetzingo plant to 2.3Mta, without authorisation in force."

This is in addition to the temporary and partial closure of the raw material mill at the Tula plant of Cruz Azul.