Medellin-based multinational supermarket giant Grupo Éxito on November 12 posted a third quarter (3Q) 2025 net profit of COP$143 billion (US$38 million) — a big improvement over the COP$35 billion (US$9.4 million) net loss in 3Q 2024. Consolidated revenues for 3Q 2025 dipped by a slight
Medellin-based Odinsa – the highways/airports concessions unit of Grupo Argos – announced November 12 that its third quarter (3Q) 2025 net income soared by 54% year-on-year, to COP$175 billion (US$47 million), from COP$114 billion (US$30.7 million) in 3Q 2024. Revenues likewise rose by 40% year-on-year, to COP$275 billion (US$74 million), while earnings before interest,
Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura, ANI) announced November 10 the long-awaited completion of the “Magdalena 2” highway linking Antioquia with Colombia’s giant ocean ports at Cartagena. “With the opening of [the final] 35 kilometers between Remedios and Vegachí, the government puts the 4G [fourth-generation] Magdalena River
Medellin-based textiles and plastics-recycling specialist Enka announced November 10 that third quarter (3Q) 2025 net income fell 50% year-on-year, to a relatively modest COP$886 million (US$235,000), from COP$1.77 billion (US$451,000) in 3Q 2024. On the other hand, revenues jumped by 155% year-on-year, to COP$314.7 billion (US$83.5 million), from COP$123 billion (US$32.6
Medellin-based multinational electric power giant Celsia—a división of Grupo Argos — announced November 9 that its third quarter (3Q) 2025 net income fell 27% year-on-year, to COP$80 billion (US$21 million), from COP$110 billion (US$29 million) in 3Q 2024. Revenues dipped 7.8% year-on-year, to COP$1.29 trillion (US$342 million), from US$1.4 trillion (US$371 million)
Medellin-based construction contractor Conconcreto announced November 7 that it and its “Hidroituango” consortium partners Coninsa Ramon H and Camargo Correa have been exonerated from a COP$9.9 trillion (US$2.6 billion) damages claim brought by former Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero over a 2018 tunnel collapse at the US$5 billion, 2.4-gigawatt hydroelectric plant. The trio
Medellin-based highway construction giant Construcciones El Condor on November 7 posted a third quarter (3Q) 2025 net loss of COP$227 billion (US$60 million) – thus adding to a growing string of quarterly net losses. The latest negative results reflect impacts from the “Ruta al Sur” highway project as well as losses “derived from the sale […]
Medellin-based multinational banking giant Cibest (Bancolombia) announced November 6 that its third quarter (3Q) 2025 net income rose 42% year-on-year, to COP$2.14 trillion (US$565 million). Comparing 3Q 2025 to the immediate prior quarter (2Q 2025), net income is up 19.7%, “driven primarily by reductions in [loan] provision expenses and operating outlays, as well as by
Medellin-based international gold miner Mineros SA announced November 5 that its third quarter (3Q) 2025 net income soared 84% year-on-year, to COP$215.6 billion (US$56 million). “This increase is largely explained by higher gross profit [from a 40% jump in world gold prices] and increased financial income,” according to the company, which recovers alluvial gold
Medellin-based multinational electric-power generator-distributor and water/telecom/cable-TV/internet giant EPM on November 4 reported a 24% year-on-year drop in net income for third quarter (3Q) 2025, at COP$2.8 trillion (US$730 million). Revenues also dipped 5% during 3Q 2025, to COP$29 trillion (US$7.56 billion), while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and























