Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (CPAC) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. And please note that this call is being recorded. At the conclusion of our prepared remarks, we will conduct a question and answer session. I'll now like to introduce the host of today's call, Mrs. Claudia Bustamante, Investor Relations Managing Director. Mrs. Bustamante, you may now begin. Thank you, Luis. Good morning, everyone. Joining me on the call today is Mr. Humberto Nadal, our Chief Executive Officer. and Ms. Eli Hayashi, our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Nadal will begin our call with an overview of the quarter, focusing primarily on our strategic outlook for the short and medium term. Ms. Hayashi will then follow with additional commentary on our financial results. We'll then turn the call over to your questions. Please note that this call will include certain forward-looking statements. These statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, trends, and other matters that are not historical facts and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties that might affect future events or results. Descriptions of these risks are set forth in the company's regulatory filing. With that, I'd now like to turn the call over. Thank you, Claudia. Welcome, everyone, to today's conference call, and thank you for joining us today. I would like to begin with a brief overview of this quarter's results. We saw an extremely solid recovery in sales volume, up 7.1% year-over-year, as a result of stronger demand for cement as well as concrete, mostly for infrastructure-related projects. Consolidated EBITDA was 130.2 million this quarter, a 9% increase when compared to the same period of last year, despite the increase in expenses related to our collective bargaining negotiations. The pe...