About Cementos Argos

Cementos Argos S.A., a commercial company, produces cement in the United States, Colombia, and Latin America. The company produces concrete mixes and any other materials or articles made of cement, clinker, lime or clay; purchases and sells minerals or mineral deposits that are used by the cement industry and others; and acquires and sells rights to prospect for and mine the aforementioned minerals by means of concessions, privileges, leasing agreements or any other type of arrangement. Operations The company mines, prospects for, processes and transforms quarry and shore materials and generally speaking mineral deposits, manufactures and sells hydraulic concrete, asphalt paving and similar materials, as well as to carry out agro-industrial operations on its own land. The company also provides advisory services for both companies and private individuals thereby providing temporary assistance and manpower in carrying out their activities. In addition, it prospects for, mines, manufactures, processes, trades, and sells rock-based minerals, such as sand, cement and gravel, premixed concrete and prefabricated concrete articles, and concrete blocks, as well as hydraulic concrete, asphalt paving, quarry and shore materials, mineral deposits, and non-renewable natural resources; The company cultivates and exploits forestland; mines, produces, and sells aggregate for construction purposes; and carries out mining work. It also installs and assembles equipment; acquires, buys, sells, owns, manages, encumbers, rents, borrows, hires, and disposes real estate and movable property; purchases or obtains patents, trademarks, copyright, licenses, and formulas; transports passengers and cargo through overland, air, and river/sea forms; and acquires, invests in, purchases, and sells shares, securities, equity stakes, or bonds. Additionally, the company imports, exports, purchases, and sells various types of merchandise and products, metal ore and non-metallic minerals, cement, clinker, coal, equipment, artifacts, vehicles, machinery, tools, spare parts, and accessories; conducts business in the agricultural and cattle-raising industries; generates and sells gas-fired electricity; and carries out activities related to landfills, dredgings, and civil and ocean engineering works. History Cementos Argos S.A. was founded in 1934.