By Mauro Nogarin Two projects currently stand out in the Latin American cement industry: the Itaperuçu plant in Brazil and the installation of new equipment at a plant in Guatemala. The objective in both countries is to increase cement production capacity. Brazil Compañía Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), currently the second-largest cement producer in Brazil, announced the start of construction work on…
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Country Report: Uruguay
By Mauro Nogarin According to the information published in the new report by the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU), in the second quarter of 2020, economic activity showed a very significant deterioration, registering a fall of 10.6% compared to the same period of 2019. This data constitutes the largest drop in quarterly national GDP since 1997.
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