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Peruvian cement market expands 5% in March17 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsPeru’s cement consumption advanced 4.8 per cent to 0.931Mt in March 2019 when compared with March 2018, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. The figure includes 105,500t of cement imports, up 116 per cent from 48,900t in March 2018. Peru also imported 32,500t of clinker, representing a 63 per cent fall YoY when compared 87,400t in the equivalent period of the previous year. Meanwhile, domestic cement production in the South American country increased 4.3 per cent YoY an... |
GCCA welcomes new member companies09 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has added cement companies from India, China, Peru and Mexico to its growing global membership base which now totals 36 member companies and 15 affiliates. The new members are Corporacion Moctezuma (Mexico), Unión Andina de Cementos SAA (Peru), JSW Cement (India) and West China Cement (China). Benjamin Sporton, chief executive officer of GCCA said: "The continuing and rapid growth of the Association’s membership is very encouraging. With a ... |
Peru cement market contracts 5% in February15 March 2019, Published under Cement NewsNational cement consumption in Peru slipped by 4.9 per cent in February 2019 to 0.893Mt, down from 0.9Mt reported in February 2018, according to the country’s cement association, Asocem. Total cement dispatches by Asocem-related producers were up 5.3 per cent YoY, but decreased by 2.8 per cent MoM to 0.796Mt in February 2019. Of this total, 0.783Mt were delivered to domestic customers, representing a 6.4 per cent rise YoY but a 2.1 per cent drop MoM. Exports of cement were down, by 35 per ... |
Peru’s cement market expands 10% in January20 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement demand in Peru increased to 1.022Mt in January 2019, according to the latest figures by the country’s cement association, Asocem. This represents a YoY rise of 9.8 per cent from 0.931Mt reported in January 2018. Domestic cement dispatches edged up 0.3 per cent YoY in January 2019 to 0.8Mt but were 6.4 per cent lower than in December 2018. To meet national demand, they were supplemented by 11,000t of cement imports, which represents a 82.8 per cent decrease from the year-ago import v... |
Cementos Pacasmayo revenues sees 5% rise in 4Q1814 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsPeru-based Cementos Pacasmayo reported a rise of 4.6 per cent in revenues to PEN340.7m (US$102.3m) in the fourth quarter of 2018 with sales volumes of cement, concrete and precast increasing 5.6 per cent to 656.2t as the public sector recovered. Demand from self-construction and small- and medium-sized projects also advanced. The cement EBITDA margin slipped by 5.8 percentage points to 26.6 per cent, mainly due to higher production costs and a non-cash effect generated by the provision of ... |
Scotiabank forecasts 6% growth in Peru’s cement demand04 February 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Peru is predicted to expand by around 6.5 per cent in 2019, according to Scotiabank. The bank attributes the third-consecutive annual rise to a higher level of real estate investment. This positive evolution would be supported by increased private and public investment expected for this year, said Carlos Asmat, senior analyst of the Department of Economic Studies of the bank. "Private investment would grow partly driven by the performance of mining investment during 2... |
Unacem reports 6% rise in sales but 48% drop in net profit30 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsPeru-based Unacem has reported 4Q18 sales of PEN507.8m, up 5.6 per cent when compared with sales of PEN481m in the equivalent period of the previous year. Operating profit increased by 16 per cent to PEN121.6m in the 4Q18 from PEN104.8m in the 4Q17. However, after financial expenses of PEN-101.3m, financial income of PEN3m, net exchange differences of PEN-32.7m and income tax expenses of PEN682,000, the quarter’s net profit reached PEN-10.2m. In terms of Unacemen’s dispatches, these rose by... |
Cementos Bio Bio announces new plant in Peru29 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsChile's Cementos Bio Bio has announced that it will invest approximately US$20m in the construction of a new grinding plant at the Port of Matarani in southern Peru. The plant's cement capacity is initially expected to reach 200,000tpa, however this could be doubled in a second stage of development. The project has already received the required permits and therefore, the company expects to begin construction work this year, with operations expected to begin in 2020. According to Cementos... |
Peru's cement market expands 4% in 201815 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Peru increased 5.8 per cent YoY to 1.02Mt in December 2018, according to the latest data from Peru’s cement association, Asocem. Cement production remained largely stable in December 2018 at 906,000t, up 0.9 per cent YoY and 0.6 per cent MoM. Clinker output rose 2.1 per cent YoY to 913,000t and 6.9 per cent MoM from 855,000t. Domestic production was supplemented by 136,800t of cement imports, up 49 per cent YoY while clinker imports edged up by three per cent to 4... |
Bolivia to prohibit poor-quality cement imports03 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Bolivian government will verify the quality of imported cement as of the start of this year and if found to be insufficient, the consignment will not be allowed to enter the country, according to Eugenio Rojas, the country’s minister of Productive Development. “We now work to prohibit the import of poor-quality cement. The quality is shown by the drying of the product in less than 30 days, but Peruvian cement has a poorer quality, which is why works are cracked. This cannot be allowed ... |