Focus on Latin American cement markets

1 Cement production and consumption in Brazil Source/Quelle: SNIC, www.CEMfocus.com
2 Production data for 2010 in Brazil Source/Quelle: SNIC, www.CEMfocus.com
3 Tocatins cement plant in Sobradinho Source/Quelle: Votorantim
4 Salto/Santa Helena cement plant Source/Quelle: Votorantim
5 Cement consumption and production in Mexico Source/Quelle: Canacem, www.CEMfocus.com
6 Market shares in Mexico Source/Quelle: www.CEMfocus.com
7 Main plant of Cemex in Monterrey Source/Quelle: Cemex
8 Holcim’s Hermosillo cement plant Source/Quelle: Fives FCB
9 Cement consumption and production in Argentina Source/Quelle: AFCP, www.CEMfocus.com
10 Nominal and operative cement production capacities Source/Quelle: AFCP, www.CEMfocus.com
11 Loma Negra’s L’Amali cement plant Source/Quelle: Camargo Corrêa
12 Cement consumption and production in Columbia Source/Quelle: ICPC, www.CEMfocus.com
13 Market shares in Columbia Source/Quelle: www.CEMfocus.com
14 Cement plant of Argos in Columbia Source/Quelle: Cementos Argos
15 Cement deliveries in Peru Source/Quelle:asocem, www.CEMfocus.com
16 2010 production data in Peru Source/Quelle: asocem, www.CEMfocus.com
17 Atocongo cement plant Source/Quelle: Cementos Lima
18 TOP 10 cement producers in Latin America Source/Quelle: www.CEMfocus.com
Kiln line at the Argos cement plant in Brazil Source/Quelle: Lafarge

Many cement markets in Latin America are booming and production capacities are being expanded. This market report identifies the current developments, discusses the focus countries Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia and Peru and provides an overview of the TOP 10 cement producers in the region.

1 Introduction

Subsequent to the global economic crisis in 2010, Latin America and the Caribbean countries again achieved economic growth in real terms of 6.2 %. In 2011 there was a slight downward trend to 4.5 %, the main cause of which was the unexpected weakness of Brazil, the region’s largest national economy, which only managed a growth rate of 2.7 %. The differences in economic dynamism within the Latin American region became more distinct in 2011. Except for Brazil, the economies of South American countries boomed, while most countries in Central America and the Caribbean only showed...
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ZKG 10/2012

This article appeared in

ZKG 10/2012

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