Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos reported US$1.51bn in sales during the third quarter of 2023. This represents a decline of 3% year-on-year. It raised its total volume of cement sales by 1% year-on-year to 10.3Mt. Meanwhile, the group’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew by 9% to US$1.9bn.
CEO Osvaldo Ayres said “The positive results in both the third quarter and the first nine months of 2023 reinforce our operational leverage and our performance within our strategic mandate, with discipline and resilience. Despite the uncertain global macroeconomic scenario and market challenges, our geographic and product diversification improves the company, to face challenges and be ready to capture good opportunities.”
