Juan Orlando Hernández, president of Honduras, has called upon cement producers to lower their prices, according to La Tribuna.

He appealed to the cement companies to enable more investment into concrete roads as the country expands its infrastructure and shifts from asphalt roads to concrete.

At present a 42.5kg bag of cement in Tegucigalpa and surrounding area costs HNL195, but at the start of each year, cement prices usually rise in line with inflation and the depreciation of the lempira against the dollar.