Cement Prices Heading South? Only in South America Part 1 of a six-part series on Colombia
As regional shortages driven partly by demand for transportation capacity from China ratchet up cement prices in North American, the situation in the South America couldn�t be more different.
�Right now we are seeing exactly the opposite,� says Fernando Alvarez, infrastructure director for the Colombian Institute of Cement Producers. �The price right now is very low due to our surplus.�