Cement Industry in Latin America Grows Despite Difficulties

The construction sector grew by 12.6% driven by the increase in internal cement consumption (12.3%), given the continuation of the execution of private works, as well as the increase in public investment in the construction sector (14.6%) thanks to the advancement of public works.

France

France: Vicat's results for the first half of 2024 showed a turnover of €1.94bn, up by 1.3% compared to the same period in 2023.Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the period increased by 12% year-on-year. The group expects 3 – 8% growth in full-year EBITDA in 2024.

Indian Cement Industry Analysis

The Cement sector has received good investments and support from the Government in the recent past. In 2023, infrastructure emerged as the top sector, attracting US$ 11.6 billion across 57 deals, marking a 29% year-on-year growth (compared to US$ 9 billion across 75 deals in 2022), representing the second-highest investment level ever …

Cement Plants located in Gabon

Cement Plant Location Information for Gabon. Cement plant location information, including capacity data for facilities in Gabon. ... Approaches to cement sector decarbonisation, 04 September 2024; Cemtech Europe 2024, Warsaw, Poland, 29 September - 02 October 2024; Cemtech Live Webinar Series 2024;

Morocco

Morocco: Members of the Professional Association of Cement Producers () delivered a total of 6.98Mt of cement during the first seven months of 2023. This corresponds to a year-on-year rise of 2.1%, compared with seven-month 2022 levels. Agence Marocaine de Presse News has reported that ready-mix concrete plants …

Gaining ground in Gabon

With a population of around 1.8m people, Gabon's cement market is modest but showing signs of recovery. While demand was 14.3 per cent down YoY to 532,000t in 2017, the market is recovering fast.

SA cement and concrete industry tackling huge local and …

The entire South African cement and concrete industry is threatened by multiple challenges of economic decline, the crisis in the construction industry, cheap imports and environment-related issues. Some 35, 000 local jobs are on the line, together with ZAR billions of investments in the sector's long value chain. A key global challenge …

CIMAF

Chad: The Group Cement of Africa (CIMAF) plans to raise the production capacity of its Chad cement plant from 0.5Mt/yr to 0.7Mt/yr. Anas Sefrioui, President of CIMAF, conveyed this intention to Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, with the intention to meet market demands, reduce costs and create jobs.Sefrioui also …

Dangote Cement plans 1.1Mt/yr grinding plant in Gabon

Gabon: Dangote Cement has shared plans for the construction of a 1.1Mt/yr grinding plant on a greenfield site near the New Owendo Internation Port in Owendo, Komo-Mondah department. Dangote Cement has stated that the US$75m facility, scheduled for completion in early-2021, will 'close the cement production gap in this emerging country.'

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Cemex has signed an agreement to sell its operations in the Dominican Republic to Cementos Progreso Holdings and partners for US$950m.The sale includes a cement plant with a capacity of 2.4Mt/yr, 12 concrete plants, a quarry and two distribution centres, as well as export businesses to Haiti.The divestment is …

Cement

performance of the cement sector. • Overall size of the sector was recorded at PKR~345,054mln during FY20 (FY19: PKR~413,879mln) down ~17% YoY, due to reduced retention prices in the north region amid increased supply and reduced exports. • The Cement Sector is composed of 19 companies of which 16 companies and 24 plants are …

2023: what a year for the cement sector!

CEMEX recovered its Playa del Carmen operations in Mexico and a new bypass record was achieved by FL at Cement Panam's greenfield plant in the Dominican Republic. ... 12 issues of the leading cement industry magazine, your choice of complimentary handbook, plus unlimited access to CemNet News, Articles and HD …

The Cement Industry in Latin America

According to the National Union of the Cement Industry, cement sales in December amounted to 4.5 million tons, registering a 6.3% drop compared to the same month in 2021. With this result, the sector closed 2022 with a total of 63.1 million tons of cement sold, 2.8% less than the previous year. ... Mexico Inflation in cement and …

The Cement Industry in Mexico: An Analysis of its …

Little formal work has been done to analyze the behavior of the Mexican cement industry in detail. The most germane studies have focused on analyzing the overall nature of the industry (Avalos and Schatan, 2003; Kumakan and Martínez, 2008), analyzing the efficient use of energy in production (Sterner, 1990), the market structure by which the industry …

Gabon cement production rises by 42% to 0.49Mt in 2018

Gabon: Cement production rose by 42% year-on-year to 0.49Mt in 2018 from 0.34Mt in 2017. Sales rose at a similar rate to 0.49Mt, according to Infos Gabon. The Ministry of Economy attributed the growth in production and sales to the government's decision to suspend imports of cement in mid-2017.

The economic context of Gabon

Main Sectors of Industry. Gabon is rich in natural resources. It is Africa's second-largest wood producer and the fourth oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa. The agricultural sector accounts for an estimated 5.6% of Gabon's GDP (World Bank, latest data available), employing 26% of the workforce.

Gabon President invites Dangote to invest in cement, …

Gabon's President, Brice Oligui Nguema, has extended an invitation to Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, to invest in cement and fertiliser production within the country. This invitation comes shortly after Dangote announced a halt in investment in Nigeria's steel industry.

Country Report: The Cement Industry in Mexico

Mexico's cement market sees cement prices surge

The price of grey cement in Mexico increased on average 14.5 per cent per 50kg bag and 20 per cent per tonne of bulk cement in January 2022 when compared with December 2021, according to industry sources and material distributors, reports El Norte.

Mexico's Cement Industry: No Signs Of Recovery …

Mexico's cement industry is the second largest in Latin America, with an installed capacity of about 64 million tons and total production that was just below 40 million tons in 2019. Chart 2. …

Gabon produces 21% more cement year-on-year …

Written by Global Cement staff 10 January 2020. Print. Gabon: Gabon produced 0.42Mt in 2019, exceeding production figures for 2018 of 0.33Mt by 21%. Sales were US$50.6m – up by 16% from …

Cement production in Mexico – Geo-Mexico, the geography of Mexico

In 2011, Mexico produced 35.4 million tons of cement, 3% more than a year earlier. The first cement-making plant was built in Mexico in 1906, a few years after cement was first officially approved for use in the construction sector.

Emerging markets champion: CEMEX, a Mexican global …

Value of merger and acquisition deals in the global cement industry up to 2014; Source: Statista, McKinsey, Dealogic ... when the company decided to acquire Tolteca, their main competitors in Mexico, and consolidate its position in the Mexican market. The first internationalization step was to Spain (1992); then Venezuela (1994); …

Cemengal Plug&Grind unit starts production at …

Gabon: A new 0.35Mt/yr production line has started production at Ciments d'Afrique's (CIMAF) Owendo grinding plant. …

BNamericas

Why Mexico's cement industry is upbeat about 2022 . Bnamericas Published: Monday, February 21, 2022 . Demand Innovation Building Materials …

The Global Cement Report: Data for Gabon

View cement industry statistical data for Gabon, Central Africa, including cement consumption, production, Capacity, Consumption per Capita, Import and Export from 2006 to 2018(F). An accompaniment to The Global Cement Report™.

Cement sector guidance

Applying best practice in the cement industry. In 2015, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) developed the Sectoral Decarbonisation Approach (SDA). It is a scientifically-informed method for companies to set greenhouse gas reduction targets necessary to stay within a 2°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels. This led to …

Mexican Association of the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry joins CANACEM

Mexico: The Mexican Association of the Ready-Mix Concrete Industry (AMIC) has joined the National Cement Chamber (CANACEM). Jaime Rocha Font, president of CANACEM, said that the inclusion of AMIC would better reflect the cement and concrete sector and aid its work with regulators, according to the El Sol de Mexico …

Cement Consumption in Mexico Up 3.5 Percent

Holcim's Mexican arm, Holcim Apasco, estimates that cement demand in the country grew 3.5 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. The cement major said the increase in consumption, which reached 35 Mt last year, was driven by stronger growth in the infrastructure segment, moderate expansion in self-build housing as well as the …

Latin American Cement Outlook 2024

Fitch Ratings' 2024 sector outlook for Latin American cement is neutral. Volumes are expected to stage a recovery throughout the year after closing 2023 at subdued levels. Pricing was a bright spot in 2023, with record price increases at double digits, but it is likely to lose traction given declining inflation trends and lower energy prices.