Cement News tagged under: Canacem
Mexico's demand expected to cool down22 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Mexico is forecast to cool down with the country's major cement producing expecting modest growth in 2024 following the completion of some of the government's key infrastructure projects and a reduction in the infrastructure budget. As a result, domestic cement producers are looking to Europe for alternative sales or prepare for expansion projects in Mexico. In 2023 construction activity in Mexico advanced by 15.6 per cent, largely driven by 78 per cent growth in civil wor... |
Mexico implements new 25kg bag05 April 2024, Published under Cement NewsMexico's National Cement Chamber (Canacem) announced the implementation of 25kg bags of cement in accordance with NOM-036-1-STPS-2018, Ergonomic risk factors at work - Identification, analysis and control (Part 1). Maribel Leyte Jiménez, Canacem's director of sustainability and environment, explained that the implementation would result in lower lumbar and spinal damage rates in the construction workers handling cement bags. The application of NOM 036, which came into force on 31 March 202... |
José María Barroso to lead Canacem11 March 2024, Published under Cement NewsJosé María Barroso Ramírez, CEO of Cemento Moctezuma , has been appointed as the new president of Mexico's cement association, Canacem, for 2024-25. He succeeds Jaime Hill Tinoco, CEO of Holcim México . Mr Barroso has more than 40 years of cement industry experience, having served previously as commercial director at Cemento Montezuma and more than 30 years at CEMEX . He graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida, Yucatán, with a degree in industrial engineering and olds a Master... |
Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap launched03 April 2023, Published under Cement NewsAt FICEM Hoja de Ruta 2023, the Canacem-Mexico-FICEM 2030 roadmap “Towards a Low Carbon Economy” was launched by Mexico's national cement chamber, CANACEM, in collaboration with FICEM. The roadmap outlines Mexico's cement industry commitments to climate change mitigation and is aligned with the UN's 2030 Agenda to maintain global warming below 2˚C compared to pre-industrial levels. Six Mexican cement producers ( Cementos y Concretos Moctezuma , Cementos Fortaleza , Cemex , Cemen... |
Canacem pronounces 2020 the best year for Mexican cement in the last 5 years18 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsYanina Navarro, director of Mexico's Cement Association (CanaCem), has said that overall 2020 has been the best cement production year for the Mexican cement industry in the last five years. Navarro told bnAmericas that in January the industry reported a production volume of 4.2Mt, which is 533,000t and 669,000t more than the same month of 2020 and 2019, respectively, according to data from statistics institute Inegi. However, the total production volume and value for last year ... |
Mexican cement market contracts 6% in 2Q2019 October 2020, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in Mexico declined 6.3 per cent YoY in the 2Q20 as construction companies reduced their demand and there was a slowdown in private works due to COVID-19. “We are talking about volumes of 43Mt of cement sold in 2018, to fall around 40t in 2019 and this year we have a two per cent drop in the first half, but I would expect the levels of 40Mt to be maintained this year, ”,said Jamie Rocha Font, president of the national cement chamber, CANACEM. He highlighted that the boost to ... |
Mexican cement plants to close due to coronavirus02 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsMexico’s National Cement Chamber (CANACEM) has announce that cement plants are ceasing operation. However, cement companies will carry out dispatches until 3 April and halt supplying public works and 62,000 hardware stores from 4 April onwards. The measure has been taken due to the spread of COVID-19. "It is necessary to carry out technical, operational and administrative actions in each of the plants whose activity will be suspended in order to be able to completely stop operations in a s... |
US import tax on Mexican products to have little effect on Mexican cement04 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe five per cent import tariff on all Mexican products, imposed by US President, Donald Trump, would not impact the cement industry as shipments to the US represent only 3.4 per cent of the total domestic output, assured Yanina Navarro, general director of Mexico’s chamber of cement, Canacem. In 2018 Mexico produced 44Mt of cement but only exported 1.416Mt. "Cement is a very local product, even moving it within the country implies a lot of logistics, which is why it represents very little... |
Mexican cement industry optimistic about announced housing programmes30 November 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe Mexican cement industry has welcomed announcement of social housing programmes by the new government voted into office last July. "In Mexico there are 7 million families with the potential to enter into schemes of construction or improvement of housing. Meeting their needs can be a growth driver; This type of initiative has been very successful in Colombia and Peru,” said Mauricio Doehner, president of CANACEM, the national cement chamber. However, Mr Doehner’s optimism included a ca... |
Mexican cement output growth to slow to below 3%13 April 2018, Published under Cement NewsThe cement sector is expected to grow by 2.5 per cent YoY in 2018 as public and private infrastructure investments are postponed for the electoral year, according to the President of the National Chamber of Cement (CANACEM), Mauricio Doehner. "It's a year in which there is some uncertainty and people, as they say colloquially, it pays to wait. There are investments that are being put on hold to see what will happen after 1 July, and based on that investment decisions will be made, "he said... |