Peru: Cementos Pacasmayo, part of Holcim, reported sales of US$159m in the first quarter of 2026, up by 11% year-on-year. Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose by 32% to US$50.7m. The company said that the positive results were primarily due to higher sales of cement and concrete. Net profit increased to US$23m, up by 55%, and cement volumes reached 785,000t, up by 10%. Clinker volumes rose by 12% to 576,000t, driven by high cement demand.
Annual cement production capacity at the Pacasmayo, Piura and Rioja plants remained stable at 2.9Mt, 1.6Mt and 0.44Mt respectively. Installed clinker production capacity for the year at the plants was 1.8Mt, 0.99Mt and 0.29Mt respectively. Cement capacity utilisation reached 63.5% and clinker capacity utilisation was 76%.