Peru: Cementos Yura’s income has risen by 10% year-on-year to US$141m in the first half of 2016 from US$127m in the same period of 2015. Its net income rose by 21% to US$29m from US$24m.
The Peruvian cement producer’s sales volumes grew by 11% to 608,923t of cement in the second quarter of 2016 mainly due to a rise in local demand. Clinker sales volumes remained stable. Yura increased its market share to 22.4% in the quarter from 20.4% in the same period in 2015. Peru's total domestic cement sales remained table at 2.33Mt.