An international consortium led by Spain’s Sacyr Industrial has been awarded a contract by Bolivia’s Ecebol relating to the establishment of a greenfield cement plant in Oruro. The contract, which is worth US$244 million dollars (€178 million), includes design, equipment supply, construction, installation and commissioning, training and intellectual transfer for the new dry process cement plant. The facility will produce IP-30 Portland cement in line with Bolivian regulations. It will have a clinker capacity of 3000 tpd.
The contract will increase Sacyr Industrial’s activities in Bolivia. Elsewhere in the country, the company is involved in the execution of a gas collection system in the Caipipendi area and two power generation projects in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.
Cementos Pacasmayo receives the first equipment shipments for its new Piura cement plant, while the company’s phosphate project receives approval for an environmental impact study.
Nine companies have responded to Ecebol’s tender for the construction of a cement plant in Oruro. With a clinker capacity of 3000 tpd and a cement production capacity of some 1.3 million tpa, the plant will help to meet local demand in Bolivia.