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Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s Potosí cement plant secures natural gas supply from Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos

08 April 2021

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."

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New ECEBOL cement plant at Caracollo inaugurated

05 August 2019

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) new integrated cement plant at Caracollo in Oruro has been inaugurated. President Evo Morales attended the event for the 1.3Mt/yr plant, according to the Correo del Sur newspaper. The project had an investment of US$306m and it was built by a consortium of Sacyr, Imasa and Polysius.

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Bolivian government to further prioritise use of locally produced cement

17 June 2019

Bolivia: The Bolivian parliament has approved draft legislation prioritising the use of locally produced cement by local government and state-owned companies for infrastructure projects and road construction. The law will support the opening of two new cement plants at Potosí and Oruro in late 2019, according to El Potosi. The new rules further extend a decree announced in March 2019.

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ECEBOL Caracollo cement plant to start commercial operation in August 2019

12 June 2019

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) at Caracollo in Oruro will start commercial operation in August 2019. The US$306m plant will have a production capacity of 1.3Mt/yr, according to Radio FM Bolivia. A consortium of Sacyr, Imasa and Polysius have worked on the project.

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Bolivian government agency defends water supply to Caracollo cement plant

10 April 2019

Bolivia: SEDEM, the government’s business development agency, has refuted accusations that a new cement plant being built in Caracollo, Oruro does not have enough water or raw materials. Patricia Ballivián, the general manager of SEDEM, presented reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers and C & C Ingeniería y Procesos defending the supplies to the unit. The reports were released in response to accusations by a local politician that the project had been poorly planned.

The reports revealed that the Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) plant will recycle the industrial portion of its water supply. It will have a supply of 4l/s and a 3.5Ml reservoir. It also has limestone, gypsum and clay reserves sufficient for the production of 100Mt of cement. These are expected to last the plant 60 years.

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Potosí plant on track for first cement in December 2019

26 December 2018

Bolivia: The Potosí cement plant being built by Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL) hopes to produce its first cement bag by December 2019. Work on the plant is over half-complete, according to the El Potosí newspaper. Construction work on the main platform of the preheater tower is continuing and civil engineering work on the mill has been completed. Most of the equipment for the project has been supplied. The plant is being built by Sociedad Accidental Imasa Polysius, a joint venture created by Polysius and Imasa. The US$240m unit will have a production capacity of 1.3Mt/yr when finished.

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Ecebol Oruro cement plant preparing to open in February 2019

08 October 2018

Bolivia: Victor Hugo, the governor of Oruro, says that Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) is preparing to open its new 1.5Mt/yr cement plant at Caracollo in February 2019. Hugo told the La Patria newspaper that the unit was 98% complete. Over US$300m has been spent on the project.

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Ecebol’s new Oruro cement plant to start testing in late August 2018

22 August 2018

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) new plant at Caracollo in Oruro is planning to enter the testing phase in late August 2018. The new 1.3Mt/yr plant is scheduled to start commercial operation in early 2019, according to the La Razón newspaper. The cement producer is also building a new plant at Potosí but this unit is not expected to open until 2020. Once both plants are operational the company expects to meet up to 30% of the country’s demand for cement.

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Ecebol cement plant in Caracollo due to start in early 2019

20 June 2018

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) new 1.3Mt/yr plant at Caracollo in Oruro is scheduled to start operations in the first half of 2019. A consortium of Sacyr, Imasa and Polysius are working on the US$244m project, according to the La Patria newspaper. A US$2m electrical sub-station is also being built to support the plant.

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Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia plant in Caracollo to open in 2018

26 January 2018

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (Ecebol) new plant at Caracollo in Oruro is set to open by the end of 2018. Government minister Eugenio Rojas said that the 1.3Mt/yr plant would start testing in September 2018, according to La Jornada newspaper. The project had a budget of US$244m.

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