Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL) has signed a contract for the supply of 337,000m3/yr of natural gas to its Potosí cement plant. The La Razón newspaper has reported that the supplier will be Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB). The cement producer will use a 8km pipeline to connect to the network. The value of the deal is US$4.06m.
General manager Fátima Pacheco said that the pipeline will realise "the dream of the Potosí people of becoming a benchmark for cement and clinker production in the south of the country."
