Bolivia: Cooperativa Boliviana de Cemento, Industrias y Servicios (COBOCE) has ordered an OK 43-4 vertical cement mill from FLSmidth for its Irpa Irpa plant near Cochabamba. The unit will have a production capacity of 130t/hr. The order includes a complete range of equipment from mill feeding bins, grinding and cement transport. FLSmidth will also supply equipment from its product brands, such as planetary gear units from FLSmidth MAAG Gear, fabric filters from FLSmidth Airtech, a control system and plant automation from FLSmidth Automation.
“We are proud to deliver the first cement vertical roller mill to COBOCE making it the third out of five Bolivian suppliers choosing our cement vertical roller mill technology. This order underlines FLSmidth’s strong position in Bolivia,” said Per Mejnert Kristensen, Group Executive Vice President, Cement Division.