Cement News tagged under: Chile
Chile: Cemento Polpaico's photovoltaic park gets environmental green light09 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsChile's environmental authorities have approved a plan of local cement maker Cemento Polpaico SA for the construction of a 23.5-MW photovoltaic (PV) park as part of the central system SIC. The approval, published on Friday, envisages the installation of 243,120 modules near Cemento Polpaico's Cerro Blanco industrial plant in Tiltil, Chacabuco province. The solar facility will require an initial investment of US$42m (EUR 38.9m) and its energy will be injected into the grid through the exist... |
Chile: Cemento Polpaico to pay US$14.6m in back-taxes03 September 2015, Published under Cement NewsCemento Polpaico reported that the Chilean tax office (SII) has ordered the cement producer to pay U$14.6m in back-taxes for the years 2012 and 2013. Liquidations have led to US$7.2m outstanding with the country’s revenue authorities, with adjustments, interest and fines by SII increasing the amount payable to US$14.6m. Polpaico indicated that it believes the adjustments are unfounded and incorrect and is expected to complain to the relevant tax authorities. |
Cementos Argos29 June 2015, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos’ 1Q15 results have revealed a 27 per cent jump in revenue to COP1.7trn (US$630m), driven by growth in trade to the US. Consolidated EBITDA over the period advanced by 18 per cent to COP307bn (US$121m) while net profit rose 3.3 per cent. Cement dispatches improved by 18 per cent to 3.2Mt over the quarter with the Colombian market registering a 19 per cent increase to 1.5Mt. The US market, however, saw shipments rise by 39 per cent to 635,000t, while the Caribbean and Central ... |
ThyssenKrupp opens new service centre in Chile27 May 2015, Published under Cement NewsThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions opened a new service centre in Antofagasta, Chile, on 13 May 2015 to offer maintenance and repair services for customers from the local mining and raw materials industry. Another service centre located in Santa Luzia, Brazil, is already in full operation providing refurbishment works and new components for the local market. Thomas Oelschläger, CEO of the operating unit Services of the business unit Resource Technologies of ThyssenKrupp Industrial Soluti... |
Chile: Cemento Melon sees 310% 9M14 profit surge28 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsChilean cement producer Cemento Mélon has reported a 310 per cent YoY rise in pretax profits from CLP1.077bn (US$1.79m) to CLP4.855bn in the first nine months of 2014, according to ValorFuturo news service. However, revenues fell by six per cent to CLP142.793bn from CLP151.956bn over the period. Nevertheless, the cost of sales came in at CLP95.1bn, about five per cent lower than the figure recorded for 9M13 (CLP100.6bn). |
Chile's Cementos Bío Bío restructures Corpbanca and BCI loan21 August 2014, Published under Cement NewsChilean cement producer Cementos Bío Bío has reached a finance agreement with Corpbanca and BCI to restructure a loan taken out in August 2012. The CLP120bn (US$206m) loan has a maturity of seven years and a two-year grace period. The loan will be repaid in 20 quarterly installments, starting 17 November 2016. The debt restructuring is expected to enable the cement company to face a contraction in the cement market in an improved financial position. |
Cemento Melón selects River Logic to integrate business planner solution04 July 2014, Published under Cement NewsRiver Logic Inc, a provider of prescriptive analytics software, announced Chilean producer Cemento Melón will implement an Integrated Business Planning solution based on its Enterprise Optimiser® (EO) prescriptive analytics platform. The implementation will be led by River Logic Chile, a professional services company that has partnered with River Logic to deliver value chain optimisation solutions in Latin America. The Integrated Business Planner™(IBP) solution will allow Cemento Melón to... |
Chile: Bío-Bío Talcahuano cuts PM by more than 600tpa06 June 2014, Published under Cement NewsCementos Bío-Bío has cut PM emissions at its Talcahuano works by more than 600tpa. The improvement follows the installation of a bag filter, which has been in operations since last year and represents an investment of US$5m. |
Chile: Cemento Polpaico to invest in solar power project21 May 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemento Polpaico plans to invest US$42m in a 20MW solar power project, to be installed next to its plant in Tiltil municipality, Chile. The park will help diversify Chile's energy mix and will supply renewable energy to the central power network SIC, through the Punta Peuco substation, according to the environmental impact declaration. The company estimates it could start construction works this year. Polpaico, which is 54 per cent owned by Holcim, is Chile’s second-largest cement p... |
Cemento Melón cuts investments to US$15m due to 10% sales decline23 April 2014, Published under Cement NewsChile’s Cemento Melón has seen sales drop by 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2014. "Earlier this year we estimated that we would at least maintain 2013 sales, but in the first quarter the market fell about 10 per cent, and we saw sales drop by a similar number," Jorge Eugenin, the company’s CEO, said. In addition, as the cement industry is nearly 100 per cent dollarised, the depreciation of the Chilean peso has also impacted profit margins as costs jumped. In terms of investments m... |