Cement producers and installed capacity

Dossier: Sectors and investment opportunities08-sectores.md
Domain: Construction and cementsectores/construccion
Room: Economy/economia
Audited: Audited

Cementos Progreso (CEMPRO) is a near-monopoly in cement. Its San Gabriel plant in San Juan Sacatepéquez carries a reported investment of between US$500 million (Prensa Libre) and about US$1,000 million (Dinero HN), a discrepancy still to be reconciled. Dinero HN reports a capacity of 3 million t/year (a kiln of 4,500 t of clinker a day), taking the group's total above 5 million t/year with La Pedrera and San Miguel; CEMPRO itself reports 2.2 million t/year for San Gabriel, a figure verified in the audit of 19 August 2026. The group expanded into Costa Rica and El Salvador for US$335 million (Bloomberg Línea, 2022). The honest constraint is the long-running community conflict in San Juan Sacatepéquez around San Gabriel, to be treated with sources from both sides.

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Figures

San Gabriel plant investment (Prensa Libre)Prensa Libre: US$500 millionreported
San Gabriel plant investment (Dinero HN)Dinero HN: ~US$1,000 millionreported
San Gabriel capacity (Dinero HN)Dinero HN: 3 M t/year; kiln 4,500 t clinker/dayreported
San Gabriel capacity (CEMPRO)cempro.com (verificado en auditoría 2026-08-19): 2.2 M t/year2026
Group total capacityDinero HN: >5 M t/year (with La Pedrera and San Miguel)reported
Regional expansion CR/SVBloomberg Línea: US$335 million2022

Caveat

sources disagree on investment (US$500 M vs ~US$1,000 M) and capacity (3 M vs 2.2 M t/year) — to be reconciled

Sources

Prensa Libre — Esta es la planta en la que Cementos Progreso invirtió US$500 millones en San Juan Sacatepéquezprensalibre.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Dinero HN — Cementos Progreso invierte 1,000 millones en planta cementera con modelo sostenibledinero.hnconsulted Aug 19, 2026
CEMPRO — Plantascempro.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Bloomberg Línea — Cementos Progreso consolida expansión en Costa Rica y El Salvador por US$335 millonesbloomberglinea.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

Cementos Progreso (CEMPRO)Near-monopoly in cement and a case of outbound FDI (it bought Cemex's operations in CR/SV for US$335 million); the San Gabriel plant has reported capacity of 2.2-3 million t/year depending on the source.Company case
Prensa LibreConfirms the 10% capital gains tax (art. 92, Decree 10-2012), the taxable base, the 10-day deadline and SAT form 1321Other

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