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Votorantim Cimentos reports 23% sales growth so far in 2020

16 November 2020

Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos’ consolidated net sales in the first nine months of 2020 were US$2.17bn, up by 23% year-on-year from US$1.76bn in the corresponding period of 2019. However, its profit fell by 61% to US$28.7m from US$73.9m

Cement sales in the third quarter of 2020 rose by 15% year-on-year to 9.7Mt from 8.4Mt in the third quarter of 2019. The company reported increased sales volumes in Uruguay, the US and Canada, and an 18% increase in Brazil, “maintaining the strong pace” recorded at the end of the first half of 2020. The company said, “The significant emergency aid from government during this period and its use in the direct purchase of construction inputs, including cement, has supported civil construction alongside the currently historically low interest rate. In addition, people continue to invest in improving their homes, with retail sales of building materials increasing nationally.”

The company’s third quarter adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 94% to US$281m in 2020 from US$145m in 2019. It said, “The economic opening after the initial restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic is turning out more positively than anticipated on the third quarter of 2020, while the on-going recovery is projected to be gradual, considering the uncertain scenario. Currently, global gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to decrease 4% in 2020 - less severely than the previously published data, although uncertainty around the recovery path for upcoming years due to second wave of Covid-19 remains considerable in some countries, alongside viability of additional fiscal and monetary stimulus.”

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Cementos Artigas consolidate cement production at Minas cement plant

13 November 2020

Uruguay: Spain-based Cementos Molins and Brazil-based Votorantim Cimentos subsidiary Cementos Artigas plans to invest US$40m in upgrading its integrated Minas clinker plant with the addition of a vertical roller mill and new cement silos in order to consolidate its clinker production and grinding capacity at the site. The El Periodico newspaper has reported that, as a result, the producer will shut its Sayago grinding plant, leading to a net reduction in production costs of 40%.

Work will begin by early 2021 and the company will commission the new integrated production line in 2022. Cementos Molins chief executive officer (CEO) Julio Rodriguez said, “With this new investment we continue to develop our strategy, in which sustainability and respect for the environment are the first priority. At the same time, it is also a clear sign of our long-term commitment to the Uruguayan market where we have been present since 1991.”

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Uruguay’s second-quarter cement sales decline by 3.9%

20 August 2020

Uruguay: Cement producers sold 166,000t of cement in the second quarter of 2020, down by 3.9% year-on-year from 173,000t in the second quarter of 2019. The country exported 5600t of this (3%), up by 3.9% from 5380t. Domestic sales fell by 4.1% to 160,000t from 153,000t, corresponding to 84% of a domestic consumption of 190,000t, down by 4.2% from 200,000t. Imports rose by 8.8% to 30,000t from 27,400t.

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Unions reject ANCAP Paysandú cement plant privatisation

21 July 2020

Uruguay: The Federación Administación Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (FANCAP) and Construction Union (SUNCA) have rejected plans for the privatisation of the Administación Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland’s (ANCAP) 0.3Mt/yr integrated Paysandú cement plant in Paysandú Department, according to the La Diaria newspaper.

ANCAP Coordinator of Trade Unions Gerardo Rodríguez said, “Any change in the cement industry must leave cement production in public hands and keep all three ANCAP cement plants open, as well as keeping all jobs. Management must provide the necessary levels of investment to complete upgrades to the Paysandú plant and the personnel necessary for its operation.” He added, “In the face of adversity, we show more unity, solidarity and struggle and in the face of an attempt to close Paysandú we will respond with more organisation and more struggle.” He said that an occupation of all workplaces would follow the closure of any plant.

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Cementos Molins calls time on operations

02 April 2020

Spain: Coronavirus has forced the suspension of operations at all Cementos Molins facilities, in accordance with a royal decree. Europa Press has reported that the company began the progressive shutdown of the 1.6Mt/yr integrated line at its Sant Vincenç dels Horts cement plant in Barcelona, Catalonia, on 31 March 2020, and switched off the plant on 2 April 2020.

Cementos Molins said that it has already suspended production in Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia and Tunisia. It says it has ‘implemented the teleworking model in the areas of the company where its application is possible.’

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Empresa Colombiana de Cementos Sonson plant enters production

31 October 2019

Colombia: Empresa Colombiana de Cementos (EcoCementos), a 50-50 joint venture between Colombian multinational Organizacion Corona and Spanish-based Cementos Molins, has announced the start of production at its new 1.5Mt/yr integrated cement plant at Sonson, Antioquia province. The plant, which was constructed with an investment of US$380m, mines limestone from its own quarry and will produce Alion brand cement for the Colombian market. The unit is increases Cementos Molins’ first in Columbia. It already produces and trades cement via its subsidiaries in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay.

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Union supports plans for the purchase of ANCAP

15 January 2019

Uruguay: The union at state-owned oil firm Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland (ANCAP), has supported government plans for the state to buy locally made cement. Under the proposal, half of the government’s requirements for cement would have to come from ANCAP, according to the El Pais newspaper. The initiative is intended to support local industry and jobs.

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Cement sales rise in Uruguay by 4.6% to 0.6Mt so far in 2018

27 November 2018

Uruguay: Cement sales rose by 4.6% year-on-year to 0.60Mt in the first nine months of 2018 from 0.57Mt in the same period in 2018. Exports and internal sales both rose by similar ratios to 87,700t and 0.51Mt respectively, according to data from the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay. Despite overall growth, exports in the third quarter of 2018 nearly halved. Most exports were sent to Paraguay, followed by Argentina and Brazil.

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Strike at ANCAP hits cement sales in first half

30 August 2018

Uruguay: An 88 day strike has reduced cement sales at Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland (ANCAP). Its cement sales fell by 24.1% year-on-year to 0.12Mt in the first half of 2018 from 0.16Mt in the same period in 2017. Despite this, the loss from its cement business decreased to US$3.4m from US$6.06m. Its earnings were also negatively affected by rising petcoke prices. Overall, the oil and gas company reported a profit of US$52.6m across all business lines.

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Production resumes at ANCAP following strike

14 May 2018

Uruguay: Production has resumed at the Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcoholes y Portland’s (ANCAP) Minas and y Paysandú cement plants following a strike, according to the El Espectador newspaper. The disruption ended following negotiation between management, the union, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. In April 2018 it was reported that production at the Minas plant had stopped for two months due to union action.

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