A third production line will be established at the Industria Venezolana de Cemento (Invecem) plant in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Venezuela. The new line, which is expected to begin operating at the end of this year, will increase the plant’s capacity from 2.5 million t to 5 million t. The project will create around 250 direct jobs and help to meet demand driven by infrastructure projects and the country’s house building scheme ‘La Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela’.
The announcement was made by Industry Minister José David Cabello during a recent inspection of the cement plant. The project represents an investment of US$144 million. It will be supported by the ‘China Fund’, which forms part of a trade agreement between Venezuela and China.
Cemex supplied 28 000 t of its specialty high quality cement for the construction of the Arena de Amazonia in Brazil. The cement was delivered via the company’s marine terminal in Manaus, some 20 km from the World Cup host stadium.
The Dominican Cement Producers Association has called on the government and private sector to consider greater use of concrete for the maintenance and construction of the country’s road network.
Dispatches of cement on the national market reached 850 367 t in May 2014, while the INEI has reported a fall in growth for the country’s construction sector in April 2014.