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Cemex extends Puerto Rico Port operation contract

24 January 2022, Published under Cement News

The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (APPR), Joel A Pizá Batiz, confirmed that he had renewed a contract to extend the operation of Cemex Puerto Rico at Pier 16 of the Port of San Juan for 20 years .     "The renewal of the contract to extend operations responds to the vision of the Government of Puerto Rico to promote and implement recovery efforts in an efficient and effective manner, capitalising on opportunities to rebuild a better and resilient country,” said...

Cemex's restored quarries bear fruit

19 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Cemex's commitment to considered and high-quality restoration of its quarries has resulted in the harvesting of olive oil, citrus fruits and grapes from locations in Croatia and Spain. In Split, Croatia, Cemex organised a volunteering activity in the olive groves located in its quarry, in cooperation with the Agricultural and Veterans' Cooperative Lintar. In a few hours, seven teams of five to six volunteers managed to break the daily harvesting record with 1162 kg of olives harveste...

Cemex uses renewable diesel at California operations

17 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Cemex continues to expand its use of low carbon alternative fuels at several of its California operations using renewable diesel to power trucks and machinery as part of its global Future in Action programme aimed at reducing CO 2  emissions throughout its operations and supply chain. "At Cemex, we have ambitious goals to reduce our CO 2  emissions across our value chain, and alternative fuels are key to helping us reach our sustainability goals," said Cemex USA President, Jaime Muguiro. ...

Ecocem and Taylor Woodrow pour first ultra-low carbon concrete in the UK

11 January 2022, Published under Cement News

Ecocem and Taylor Woodrow have conducted their first pour of Exegy® ultra-low carbon concrete in the UK. Developed over four years by Ecocem and VINCI Construction, Ecocem Ultra forms part of VINCI Construction’s Exegy ® ultra-low carbon concrete range, and is already being used on a pilot site of the Grand Paris Express and in the construction of the Athletes’ Village in Paris for summer 2024. Significantly reducing the CO 2 footprint of any project on which it is used, E...

Cemex and Cementos Progreso see growth scenarios

07 January 2022, Published under Cement News

At the end of last year, Cemex agreed to the sale of its Costa Rica and El Salvador operations to Guatemala's Cementos Progreso for US$335m. ICR discusses the ongoing Cemex strategy of Operation Resilience and considers how the new assets will fit in with Cementos Progreso's portfolio. Cemex's divestment included the sale of one fully-integrated cement plant, one grinding station, seven ready-mix plants an aggregate quarry and a distribution centre in Costa Rica as well as a distribut...

Cemex to sell Costa Rica and El Salvador operations to Cementos Progreso

30 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Mexico-based Cemex has signed an agreement for the sale of its operations in Costa Rica and El Salvador with Guatemala’s Cementos Progeso Holdings, for the amount of US$335m, to be completed in the first quarter of 2022. The assets up for sale include an integrated cement plant, a grinding station, seven concrete plants, an aggregates quarry and a distribution centre in Costa Rica as well as a distribution centre in El Salvador. The disposal of the operations are in line with Cemex’s str...

Cemex signs five-year agreement with HCL Industries

22 December 2021, Published under Cement News

HCL Industries has signed a five-year agreement with Cemex, which will see it focus on global end-to-end transformation of IT lifecycle management, including IT managed services, digital transformation, infrastructure and application services, alongside end-user support. “Cemex selected HCL Technologies because we have a vision of working smarter to cater to the global company’s fast-growing operations,” said Fausto Sosa, vice-president of Information Technology at Cemex. “HCL is the best...

CEMEX joins the UN CFO Taskforce to promote sustainability goals

21 December 2021, Published under Cement News

CEMEX SA de CV has joined the United Nations (UN) Global Company CFO Taskforce for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the company continues to align its financial strategy to its leadership in addressing climate change, the company announced. The CFO Taskforce for the SDGs has three main goals: to engage the global CFO community, to integrate the SDGs into strategy, financing, and investor relations, and to create a broad sustainable finance market. Members of the UN Global Compact...

TCL increases cement prices by 15%

14 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Trinidad Cement Ltd (Cemex group) has announced an ex-factory cement price increase of approximately 15 per cent. The price increase becomes effective on 20 December 2021. TCL said: “We have been absorbing rising input costs for a long time and are now unable to continue to maintain our prices. The main attributing cost factors are natural gas, imported spares ad other raw materials that go into the manufacturing the highest quality cement brands, which you represent. "We assure you th...

Cemex to work with Carbon8 Systems on CCUS

10 December 2021, Published under Cement News

Cemex will work with Carbon8 Systems to evaluate the company’s patented carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technology and how CO 2 captured during the cement production process can be used to develop low-carbon construction products, such as alternative aggregates.   Both Cemex and Carbon8 Systems recognise the benefit of mineralisation as a carbon sink. Therefore, they may explore the application of the technology to different byproducts as well as the manufacturing of p...