Colombia: DANE, Colombia's national department for statistics, has announced that sales of grey cement stood at 0.94Mt between January and June 2018, which represented an increase of 3.6% compared to the same period of 2017. A DANE report indicated a gradual recovery of the sector after a sales drop of 10% registered in March 2018. However, the Colombian Association of Concrete Producers (Asocreto) has predicted that consumption would close the year with similar results to those posted in 2017, when sales were lower than in 2015 and 2016.

Higher sales in Colombia but subdued forecast for rest of 2018
Written by Global Cement sales
13th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition 2019
20 - 21 February 2019
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Including confirmed visits to N+P's SubCoal fuel preparation plant (19 February) and HeidelbergCement's CBR Lixhe plant on 22 February
The 13th Global CemFuels Conference & Exhibition on alternative fuels for the cement and lime industries will showcase the best alternative fuels projects and equipment from the cement industry in Europe and from around the world. Over 150 delegates are expected to attend, to learn from experts how to start to use - or to increase their use of - alternative fuels.