Colombia: Colombia's Grupo Argos has announced that its consolidated net profit in the first quarter of 2012 was US$125m, a fourfold increase from that seen in the first quarter of 2011. The group said that it had seen a surge in growth in its most significant business areas, namely cement and electricity. The group, which has a 61% stake in Cementos Argos, said that its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, were US$250m.
