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The Americas - 21 March 2014

US construction spending on the up

Total US construction spending stood at US$943.1 billion in January 2014, a 9.3% y/y increase from US$863.1 billion recorded in the same month a year earlier.

 

Companies bid for greenfield cement plant contract in Bolivia

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.