The companies Pacasmayo, UNACEM and Cementos Yura mainly supply the demand for cement in Peru. While Pacasmayo dominates the northern region of Peru, UNACEM supplies the central region and Cementos Yura focuses on the southern region. In 2020, the construction sector contracted 13.9% due to a 13.0% decrease
Global light vehicle production grew 10% year-on-year from January to September 2021, to 54.6 million units, according to data from IHS Automotive. In 2020, unprecedented industry disruptions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in the first half of the year, affected operations in all regions of the world.
Automobile manufacturers consume 18% of the world’s aluminum, according to the company Nami Corp. Nami is a Malaysian corporation primarily engaged in certain mineral trading and property exploration and mining activities located in Malaysia. With that percentage, car manufacturers are the main industrial consumers of aluminum globally. By
The Argentine government reported that this nation lowered its level of informal employment in 2020, a year of economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. In general, the Argentine economy has an informal segment composed mainly of employees who are not registered in Argentina‘s social security system but who
Peru is a leading producer of gold, silver, tin, copper, lead and zinc in Latin America and its government highlighted 12 mining projects in that country between 2016 and 2020. In 2020, mining contributed 8.8% to that nation’s GDP. However, mineral products were Peru’s main export and represented
Don Julio tequila is exported to more than 40 countries, reported the company Diageo, who highlighted the growth in sales of that drink. Mexico is home to the iconic Don Julio tequila, which is produced at the La Primavera site in the highlands of the state of Jalisco