Cement News tagged under: Honduras
Cementos Argos reopening Colombian plants16 April 2020, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos announced it will be partially reopening its operations in Colombia to supply the public works that were given the go-ahead by Decree 531 of April 2020. The Rioclaro works in Antioquia as well as a limited number of concrete plants will open, in line with health and safety guidance defined by the authorities, according to Valora Analitik. "The company is ready to scale up its operation in the country once the activity of construction of buildings and the commercialisation of... |
Ultracem takes seven per cent of Honduran market17 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsHonduras’ third cement producer Ultracem has gained seven per cent market share in its first year of operations, according to La Tribune. The Colombia-based producer has focussed its entry into Honduras on the north and central regions of the country. Ultracem Honduras manager, Ismael Ballestas, said that the company’s entry had a price-regulating effect on the market and that the company is increasingly positioning itself in the market. “We have exceeded the growth expectations we had ... |
Cementos Argos28 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos and Dinant Corp have joined forces to reduce waste going to landfill in Honduras. Dinant is a family-owned consumer products manufacturer founded in Honduras in 1960 with products sold across Central America and the Dominican Republic. Dinant and Argos have signed an agreement for post-industrial waste generated from Dinant’s production processes to be co-processed at Argos’ Piedras Azules cement plant in Comayagua, Honduras. The 12-month agreement will establish the tec... |
Cementos Argos and Dinant Corp sign co-processing agreement16 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsTo foster the sustainability of their production processes in Honduras, Cementos Argos and Dinant Corp have signed an agreement for the disposal of post-industrial waste generated in some of Dinant’s production processes, including the plastics used in vegetable cultivation in the company’s greenhouses and in packaging of food, oils and soaps. Cementos Argos, which has an environmental permit to co-process waste at its Piedras Azules cement plant in Comayagua, Honduras. The 12-month agreeme... |
Ultracem plans new Honduran plant30 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsConstruction growth and increased cement demand in Honduras are prompting cement producer Ultracem to make plans for a new cement plant in Cortés in the northwest of the country. At present, the company has invested US$2m and employs 60 people in its current operations. The new plant is expected to push up employment to 100 but an investment amount has not been disclosed. “The short-term plan is to build a production plant that employs a larger number of people and greater investment, we... |
China accounts for 15% of Central American cement imports07 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsIn the first half of 2018, Central America’s largest importing country was Nicaragua, which purchased cement from overseas sources to the value of US$28m, followed by Guatemala at US$18m. Smaller volumes were imported by El Salvador (US$12m), Honduras (US$7m), Panama (US$6m) and Costa Rica (US$5m), according to CentralAmericaData. YoY the volume of cement imports in the region advanced by two per cent from US$75.6m to US$77.1m in the 6M18 when compared with the year-ago period. Around 15... |
Government and business agree HNL30 price drop in public works cement23 November 2018, Published under Cement NewsHonduran president, Juan Orlando Hernández, has announced a reduction of HNL30 (US$1.22)/bag of cement for public works and housing, following talks with the cement industry. The agreement is directly linked to national development, with an impact on housing projects, the road network and other initiatives, said the president. Not only social projects will benefit, but generation of employment and investment in the construction sector will also improve as the country saves around HNL365m/m... |
Honduran president calls for lower cement prices20 September 2018, Published under Cement NewsJuan 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 lemp... |
Cementos del Norte invests HNL700m in Choloma plant15 March 2018, Published under Cement NewsCementos del Norte (CENOSA) is investing HNL700m in its cement plant in Bijao community, Choloma. The investment will increase the works’ production capacity and storage as well as increase its ability to process alternative fuels in its kilns, according to Edwin Argueta, the company’s general manager. “We are installing a new cement mill with first-world technology to increase our grinding capacity, to deliver more product to the national and international market,” he added. The new mill... |
Cemengal wins new order from Cementos Argos in Honduras21 February 2018, Published under Cement NewsCemengal of Spain has won an order for Cementos Argos for two Plug&Grind XL units with a production capacity of 220,000tpa each to be located in Honduras. These modular plants will consist of a 3 x 9.5m ball mill, driven by 1100kW of power, including a latest-generation classifier and a bag filter with a capacity of 50,000m 3 /h. The scope of supply also includes new cement storage silos for finished product, packaging and dispatching equipment. |