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Bolivia: Weimar Pereira, vice-minister for Medium and Large Scale Industrial Production, says that the government is close to signing new rules for cement industries that will prioritise domestic products over imported asphalt on roads and for public works. He made the statement in talks with local producers Fábrica Nacional de Cemento (FANCESA) and Cooperativa Boliviana de Cemento, Industrias y Servicios (COBOCE) as well as union representatives, according to the Correo del Sur newspaper. The new rules are expected to be implemented by August 2019.

Bolivia: Sacyr Industrial and Imasa Ingenieria y Proyectos have awarded a contract to Claudius Peters for a packing and palletising system for the Potosí cement plant. The scope of delivery consists of a 12 spout Pacpal Roto Fill with a capacity of 3600bags/hr, an automatic bag applicator with cassette magazine as well as a palletizing system Pacpal Palletiser 5000. The palletiser is designed for 50kg bags and suitable for a five-bag layer type on slip sheets. The plant is operated by the state-run cement producer Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL). No value for the order has been disclosed.

Bolivia: The Lower House of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly has approved a bill allowing state-owned cement producer Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL) to buy land at Chiutara in Potosi to build a future plant. ECEBOL will buy 39.8 hectares for a project with an investment of around US$240m, according to the El Potosi newspaper. The new plant will have a production capacity of 1.3Mt/yr.

Bolivia: President Evo Morales plans to prioritise the use of local produced cement for the construction new roads. He made the comment on a tour of a new cement plant being built at Caracollo, Oruro, according to the Pagina Siete newspaper. A decree or law will be used to enforce local government to use Bolivian-produced cement.

Bolivia: Fábrica Nacional de Cemento (Fancesa) plans to target markets in La Paz and Cochabamba. It will open agencies in the locations in early 2019, according to the Correo del Sur newspaper. The cement producer operates a plant at Sucre in the south of the country.

Bolivia: A group of retired workers who used to work for Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento (Soboce) have asked for a 10% share in the cement producer. They have made their request to the company’s largest shareholder, the businessman and politician Samuel Doria Medina, according to the La Razon newspaper. They were allocated a 10% share in the business in 1975. However, the pensioners allege that Doria Medina cancelled their shares using false documentation. Doria Medina holds a 49% share in the company. He sold the other 51% share for US$300m to Holding Cementero, the largest shareholder of Consorcio Cementero del Sur, which is part of Gloria Group in 2014.

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.

Bolivia: The head of Sociedad Accidental Imasa Polysius, a joint-venture created by Polysius and Imasa, Zubim Andrade, says that a cement plant that company is building in Potosí is more than 45% complete. The half-way mark is expected to be met by the end of October 2018, according to the El Potosí newspaper. Over 900 people are working on the project and most of the equipment for the unit has arrived. The 1.3Mt/yr cement plant has a cost of around US$240m.

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.

Bolivia: The cement producer Fancesa has started legal action against transport industry leaders Oscar Reynolds and Macguiver Rosales over threats and criminal association, after they stopped transporting its cement. Fancesa earlier reduced the rate paid to hauliers to transport cement from its plant to Santa Cruz by 13.7% to US$1.88/bag (50kg), prompting hauliers to stop transporting its cement.